The psychology of prosocial behavior: group processes, intergroup relations, and helping

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. With an emphasis on helping in the context of social groups and large organizations, this volume presents a new and distinctive perspective that links research on prosocial behavior to interventions designed to foster helping in real-world settings.-back cover.

The psychological study of group processes and intergroup relations in prosocial behavior : past, present, future / Stefan Stürmer and Mark Snyder -- The tribal instinct hypothesis : evolution and the social psychology of intergroup relations / Mark van Vugt and Justin H. Park -- Helping "us" versus "them" : towards a group-level theory of helping and altruism within and across group boundaries / Stefan Stürmer and Mark Snyder -- Stigmas and prosocial behavior : are people reluctant to help stigmatized persons? / John B. Pryor [and others] -- The strategic side of out-group helping / Esther van Leeuwen and Susanne Täuber -- Discrimination against out-group members in helping situations / Donald A. Saucier, Jessica L. McManus, and Sara J. Smith -- Receiving help : consequences for the recipient / Samer Halabi and Arie Nadler -- Turning to others in times of change : social identity and coping with stress / Jolanda Jetten [and others] -- Volunteering across the life span : doing well by doing good / Jane Allyn Piliavin -- Perspective taking and intergroup helping / Mark H. Davis and Angela T. Maitner -- Recategorization and prosocial behavior : common in-group identity and a dual id…