The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior

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The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior provides originalcontributions that examine current perspectives and promisingdirections for future research on helping behaviors and relatedcore issues. * Covers contributions which deal explicitly with interventionsdesigned to foster out-group helping (and to improve its quality)in real world settings * Provides the reader with a cohesive look at helping andprosocial behaviors using a combination of theoretical work withresearch on interventions in applied settings * Examines helping from multiple perspectives in order torecognize the diverse influences that promote actions for thebenefit of others * Contributors to this volume include cutting-edge researchersusing both field studies and laboratory experiments

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Stefan Stürmer

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"This book is essential reading for anybody who is interested in prosocial behaviour, or in applying social identity processes to relevant real-world situations." (Psychologist, January 2010)"At a time when crises are springing up everywhere at home andabroad, and evil appears to be marshaling mighty forces, nothingcould be more timely and needed than this brilliant collection ofinsightful contributions about how to elicit the best in humannature. The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior is must readingfor understanding how to elicit helping, volunteering, altruism,and yes even heroism from ordinary people--our neighbors andus all." -Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D., Author of The LuciferEffect and The Time Paradox "This volume makes a unique and significant contribution to thesocial science literature by bringing together research and theoryon social identity, groups, and intergroup relations withtraditional topics in the study of prosocial behavior. Thecontributors are major figures from both of these fields ofresearch and their combined efforts bring a new level ofunderstanding of how human propensities toward helping and altruismare influenced by group memberships and intra- and inter-groupprocesses. A major step forward in the social psychology ofsociality." -Marilynn Brewer, University of New South Wales
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