By Stefan Stürmer, Mark Snyder
The Psychology of Prosocial Behavior presents unique contributions that research present views and promising instructions for destiny examine on assisting behaviors and comparable middle issues.
- Covers contributions which deal explicitly with interventions designed to foster out-group supporting (and to enhance its caliber) in genuine global settings
- Provides the reader with a cohesive examine assisting and prosocial behaviors utilizing a mix of theoretical paintings with study on interventions in utilized settings
- Examines aiding from a number of views that allows you to realize the various affects that advertise activities for the good thing about others
- Contributors to this quantity contain state of the art researchers utilizing either box experiences and laboratory experiments
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For instance, in the face of a formidable enemy, it would make sense for minority groups to forge alliances with others despite previous hostilities. Similarly, dominant groups are sometimes better off helping a subordinate group to assert their dominance rather than starting a potentially costly conflict. This requires psychological mechanisms for peacemaking and peacekeeping between groups, which humans abundantly possess. For instance, acts of helping and reconciliation – such as exchanging gifts and making apologies – are common in relations between human groups (Hardy & van Vugt, 2006; Nadler & Halabi, 2006; van Leeuwen, 2007).
Thus, although humans have a dark side, history teaches us that progress is possible, if sometimes slow. One might be able to temporarily disregard our darker side by denying our evolutionary history. But having a clear idea of what we are up against is indispensable, if we are serious about improving the human condition. qxd 12/06/2009 10:59 Page 33 2 Helping “Us” versus “Them” Towards a Group-Level Theory of Helping and Altruism Within and Across Group Boundaries Stefan Stürmer and Mark Snyder Introduction The main objective of this chapter is to present an outline of a social psychological theory of helping and altruism in the context of social groups and to review empirical evidence in support of its key assumptions.
In sum, we deem it rather unlikely that the rich and complex social psychology of intergroup relationships is just an accidental byproduct of a need for categorization or a desire for in-group sharing. In light of the historical and recent empirical evidence, it seems much more plausible that humans have evolved a specific psychology to deal with intergroup relations. We argue that this tribal instinct is perhaps more extreme among men than among women, with implications for present-day intergroup war and peace relations.