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Altruism and Patterns of Social Interaction

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Development and Maintenance of Prosocial Behavior

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Social Justice ((BLSC,volume 31))

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Prosocial behavior implies an interaction of at least two persons: the helper (A) and the recipient of help (B). Therefore, prosocial responses have to be understood in the context of social interaction in general.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, 3550, Marburg, West Germany

    Hans Werner Bierhoff

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    Ervin Staub

  2. School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Daniel Bar-Tal

  3. Department of Psychology, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

    Jerzy Karylowski

  4. Department of Psychology, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Reykowski

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Bierhoff, H.W. (1984). Altruism and Patterns of Social Interaction. In: Staub, E., Bar-Tal, D., Karylowski, J., Reykowski, J. (eds) Development and Maintenance of Prosocial Behavior. Critical Issues in Social Justice, vol 31. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2645-8_18

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