Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
Pt. 1. Motivations for Helping In-Group and Out-Group Members --
Pt. 2. Consequences of Giving or Receiving Help in the Context of Groups --
Pt. 3. Intervention Strategies: Targeting Individuals, Groups, and Organizations --
Pt. 4. The Broader Picture: Political and Societal Implications.
The Psychological Study of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations in Prosocial Behavior Past, Present, Future / Stefan Stürmer and Mark Snyder --
Ch. 1. The Tribal Instinct Hypothesis Evolution and the Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations / Mark van Vugt and Justin H. Park -- Ch. 2. Helping “Us” versus “Them” Towards a Group-Level Theory of Helping and Altruism Within and Across Group Boundaries / Stefan Stürmer and Mark Snyder -- Ch. 3. Stigmas and Prosocial Behavior Are People Reluctant to Help Stigmatized Persons? / John B. Pryor, Glenn D. Reeder, Andrew E. Monroe, and Arati Patel -- Ch. 4. The Strategic Side of Out-Group Helping / Esther van Leeuwen and Susanne Täuber -- Ch. 5. Discrimination Against Out-Group Members in Helping Situations / Donald A. Saucier, Jessica L. McManus, and Sara J. Smith -- Ch. 6. Receiving Help Consequences for the Recipient / Samer Halabi and Arie Nadler -- Ch. 7. Turning to Others in Times of Change Social Identity and Coping with Stress / Jolanda Jetten, S. Alexander Haslam, Aarti Iyer, and Catherine Haslam. Ch. 8. Volunteering Across the Life Span Doing Well by Doing Good / Jane Allyn Piliavin -- Ch. 9. Perspective Taking and Intergroup Helping / Mark H. Davis and Angela T. Maitner -- Ch. 10. Recategorization and Prosocial Behavior Common In-Group Identity and a Dual Identity / John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, Nurit Shnabel, Tamar Saguy, and James Johnson -- Ch. 11. Groups, Identities, and Bystander Behavior How Group Processes Can Be Used to Promote Helping / Mark Levine and Clare Cassidy -- Ch. 12. Influences of Psychological Sense of Community on Voluntary Helping and Prosocial Action / Allen M. Omoto and Mark Snyder -- Ch. 13. Empowering the Volunteer Organization What Volunteer Organizations Can Do to Recruit, Content, and Retain Volunteers / Naomi Ellemers and Edwin J. Boezeman -- Ch. 14. Interpersonal and Intergroup Helping Relations as Power Relations Implications for Real-World Helping / Arie Nadler -- Ch. 15. Beyond Help A Social Psychology of Collective Solidarity and Social Cohesion / Stephen Reicher and S. Alexander Haslam -- Ch. 16. Cross-Group Helping Perspectives on Why and Why Not / Stephen C. Wright and Norann T. Richard -- Ch. 17. Helping Disadvantaged Out-Groups Challenge Unjust Inequality The Role of Group-Based Emotions / Aarti Iyer and Colin Wayne Leach.

The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior provides original contributions 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.