Questions tagged [prosocial-behavior]
Examining helping behavior, motivations and payoffs; related to altruism.
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Is the Stanford Prison Experiment considered valuable by modern psychologists?
The Stanford Prison Experiment (see also the Wikipedia article) is taught to many psychology students because of its infamy and the media coverage around it at the time of the experiment. There have ...
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What is the motivation model behind StackExchange?
I noticed that I didn't sleep yesterday for no reason and spent the whole night to answer questions in one of the communities in here. Why did I do this? I still come here every hour and check if ...
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Are we programmed to live together? [duplicate]
In general, the humane tendency is to couple with only one person and to be faithful to one's only partner. So dating someone else is very poorly looked.
But there are in some parts of Africa, for ...
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Do in-depth explanations help a hypochondriac?
I have in my circle a person that is a hypochondriac and harbors fears regarding things the person considers me an expert in. So I often get asked questions like: "Can this make me sick?", "Can it ...
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Encouraging Kindness in Rich People?
Evidence presented in this video suggests that, statistically, rich people are more likely to be jerks than people with less money. How could this tendency be curbed, especially with regards to rich ...
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Is there a robust method to prove the existence of reincarnation?
Is there a how-to to prove reincarnation?
And secondly, I would like to lessen bad action from the previous life. And how do I do that?
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Is there a game-theoretic explanation for why people do (or don't) participate in community policing/moderation?
My question is closely related to this Meta post about what drives individual participation in "community policing" on Stack Exchange sites (e.g. downvoting, voting to close, participating in review ...
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Interpretation of results on the studies of "Moral Hypocrisy"
Hello right now I am dealing with the studies of C.Daniel Batson, who provided several studies and experiments to reveal moral hypocrisy. I think that I understand the basic idea of his theory, ...
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The roots of Online Altruism [closed]
My name is Dan and as part of my bachelor degree in cognitive sciences I'm taking a course called Human Altruism. It's a very interesting one, that asks what are ...
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Food sharing and mutual aid among the homeless
Since the time of Peter Kropotkin, it's been observed and theorized that cooperation and mutual aid are more common in austere environments. A classic biological example would be slime mold spore-...
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Does cognitive & behavioral schools have any analysis for "sympathy" & "compassion"? [closed]
The Cambridge Dictionaries define the word compassion as:
a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them
A sample might be when you see a ...
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The psychology of patriotism, dying for one's own country [closed]
There was an old Latin motto, "Dulce et decorum est, pro partria morii," which roughly translates into: "It is a sweet and beautiful thing to die for one's country." I used to think that this was a ...
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Psychologically, how does volunteer work help the volunteer?
This question has intrigued me for a long time, ever since I experienced it first hand (and continue to do so). Some feel a compulsion to 'step up' and lend a hand to someone in need. An example, ...
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Which political system stimulates individuals the most to strive for the greater good? [closed]
In September 2013 Germany will elect their new parliament, the Bundestag. On this occasion, the German Psychological Association (BDP) dedicated the current issue of their member's magazine report ...
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What are the neurological mechanisms behind risking one's own life for another?
Every so often, we hear of people who go that extra mile and put their life on the line (and sometimes, give their life) for another person - whether it is a loved one or a complete stranger (...
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What is the psychological basis for people coming together during a disaster or major event?
Something I have witnessed several times, and got me wondering, what is the psychological basis for people coming together in response to a disaster or a major event? Be it large scale or local.
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Picture of eye promotes good behaviour
I remember a study about how a picture of an eye made people more well behaved. The experiment was in an unsupervised coffee room where there was a box where participants were expected to deposit ...
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What is the name of the phenomenon whereby someone steps-up and others follow?
Example: In class, when a teacher proposes some unreasonable assignment, students hesitate to express their objection until someone steps-up and then others find courage to talk.
I've tried searching ...
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Why do people donate money to others engaging in activities for charity?
In the UK and elsewhere individuals often engage in activities (e.g., running, shaving your head, etc.) for the purpose of eliciting sponsorship. The money raised is then donated to charity.
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