The European Review of Social Psychology (ERSP) is an e-first journal published under the auspices of the European Association of Social Psychology. ERSP is an international journal which aims to further the international exchange of ideas by providing an outlet for substantial accounts of theoretical and empirical work, whose origins may be, but need not be, European. The emphasis of these contributions is on substantial individual programmes of research and on critical assessment of major areas of research, as well as on topics and initiatives of contemporary interest and originality.

1. We are sorry: Intergroup apologies and their tenuous link with intergroup forgiveness, Matthew J. Hornsey & Michael J. A. Wohl 2. Humour in advertising: An associative processing model, Madelijn Strick, Rob W. Holland, Rick B. van Baaren, Ad van Knippenberg & Ap Dijksterhuis 3. Racial healthcare disparities: A social psychological analysis, Louis A. Penner, Nao Hagiwara, Susan Eggly, Samuel L. Gaertner, Terrance L. Albrecht & John F. Dovidio 4. Inaction inertia, Marijke van Putten, Marcel Zeelenberg, Eric van Dijk & Orit E. Tykocinski 5. Morality and behavioural regulation in groups: A social identity approach, Naomi Ellemers, Stefano Pagliaro & Manuela Barreto 6. How the disadvantaged appraise group-based exclusion: The path from legitimacy to illegitimacy, Jolanda Jetten, Aarti Iyer, Nyla R. Branscombe & Airong Zhang 7. Social identity, group processes, and helping in emergencies, Mark Levine & Rachel Manning 8. A functional-cognitive framework for attitude research, Jan De Houwer, Bertram Gawronski & Dermot Barnes-Holmes