The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior: Group Processes, Intergroup Relations, and Helping

by Editor: Stefan Stü; rmer (Fern University in Hagen); Editor: Mark Snyder (University of Minnesota)

• ISBN13: 9781444307955
• ISBN10: 1444307959
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior provides original contributions that examine current perspectives and promising directions for future research on helping behaviors and related core issues. Covers contributions which deal explicitly with interventions designed to foster out-group helping (and to improve its quality) in real world settings Provides the reader with a cohesive look at helping and prosocial behaviors using a combination of theoretical work with research on interventions in applied settings Examines helping from multiple perspectives in order to recognize the diverse influences that promote actions for the benefit of others Contributors to this volume include cutting-edge researchers using both field studies and laboratory experiments

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction: The Psychological Study of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations in Prosocial Behavior: Past, Present, Future

Motivations for Helping In-group and Out-group Members

The Tribal Instinct Hypothesis: Evolution and the Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations

Helping Usversus Them: Towards a Group-Level Theory of Helping and Altruism Within and Across Group Boundaries

Stigmas and Pro-Social Behavior: Are People Reluctant to Help Stigmatized Persons?

The strategic side of out-group helping

Consequences of Giving or Receiving Help in the Context of Groups

Discrimination Against Out-group Members in Helping Situations

Receiving Help: Consequences for the Recipient

Turning to Others in Times of Change: Social Identity and Coping with Stress

Volunteering Across the Life Span: Doing Well by Doing Good

Intervention Strategies: Targeting Individuals, Groups and Organizations

Perspective Taking and Intergroup Helping

Recategorization and Prosocial Behavior: Common Ingroup Identity and a Dual Identity

Groups, Identities and Bystander Behavior: How Group Processes Can Be Used to Promote Helping

Influences of Psychological Sense of Community on Voluntary Helping and Prosocial Action

Empowering the Volunteer Organization: What Volunteer Organizations can do to Recruit, Content, and Retain Volunteers

The Broader Picture: Political and Societal Implications

Interpersonal and Intergroup Helping Relations as Power Relations: Implications for Real-world Helping

Beyond Help: A Social Psychology of Collective Solidarity and Social Cohesion

Cross-group Helping: Perspectives on Why and Why Not

Helping Disadvantaged Out-Groups Challenge Unjust Inequality: The Role of Group-Based Emotions

References

List of Tables

List of Figures

Author Index

Subject Index

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