Helping to improve the group stereotype: On the strategic dimension of prosocial behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 776-788

  Hopkins, Nick ^a   Reicher, Steve ^b   Harrison, Kate ^b   Cassidy, Clare ^b   Bull, Rebecca ^c   Levine, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metastereotypes; Out group helping; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34249656908     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207301023     Document Type: Article

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