The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior
Dovidio, John F. / Piliavin, Jane Allyn / Schroeder, David A. / Penner, Louis A. Examines prosocial behavior from a multilevel perspective that explores the diverse influences that promote actions for the benefit of others and the ways that prosocial actions can be manifested. This work addresses the evolution of altruistic tendencies and other biological explanations of why humans are predisposed to be prosocial.