Helping and Being Helped: Naturalistic Studies, Vol. 5

Unique in its emphasis on helping 'in the real world', this volume explores the group of behaviours variously labelled as helping, altruistic or prosocial - a classic and continually developing area of enquiry in social psychology. Contributors discuss helping behaviour as it naturally occurs in people's daily lives, rather than that captured in an artificial laboratory. Moreover, while earlier studies generally sought explanations for people not helping, this volume addresses such issues as how offers of assistance affect the help-seeker, what sort of person is likely to help and what are the negative aspects, or costs, of helping relationships. The thoroughness with which each topic is covered and the cogent discussions of the implications of the cutting-edge research makes this an important volume for academics, students, practitioners and policymakers.Spacapan, Shirlynn is the author of 'Helping and Being Helped: Naturalistic Studies, Vol. 5', published 1991 under ISBN 9780803943278 and ISBN 080394327X.