prosociality

We use evolutionary theory to investigate human prosociality at the scale of a small city (Binghamton, NY), based on survey data and a direct measure of prosocial behavior.

Prosociality and Humor 2009

We discuss the results in relation to evolutionary theory, the experimental economics literature and the social capital literature in an effort to integrate the study of human prosociality across disciplines.

Prosociality and Humor 2009

Human prosociality from an evolutionary perspective: Variation and correlations at a city-wide scale

Prosociality and Humor 2009

In a survey of public school students (Grades 6-12), individual prosociality correlates strongly with social support, which is a basic requirement for prosociality to succeed as a behavioral strategy in Darwinian terms.

Prosociality and Humor 2009

Evolutionary theory sets an even broader stage by examining prosociality in all species, including the distinctive human capacity to cooperate in large groups of unrelated individuals.

Prosociality and Humor 2009

The median income of a neighborhood does not directly influence individual prosociality, but only indirectly through forms of social support.

Prosociality and Humor 2009

If most antisocial behaviors are locally advantageous and most prosocial behaviors are locally disadvantageous, then we have an enormous problem explaining the nature of prosociality, including the nature of human morality, from an evolutionary perspective.

David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection II: The Original Problem 2009

Now some schools have gone a step further in promoting prosociality.

Science, Education & Society: Promoting Prosociality The Urban Scientist 2007

Now some schools have gone a step further in promoting prosociality.

Archive 2007-06-01 The Urban Scientist 2007

Third, group-level differences in economic organization and the structure of social interactions explain a substantial portion of the behavioral variation across societies: the higher the degree of market integration and the higher the payoffs to cooperation in everyday life, the greater the level of prosociality expressed in experimental games.

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » “‘Economic Man’ in Cross-cultural Perspective 2005

The researchers gauge chief executives’ “prosociality” (their concern for the welfare of others) by looking at things like their charitable activities and their language on earnings calls.

Should you be nice at work?

The researchers gauge chief executives’ “prosociality” (their concern for the welfare of others) by looking at things like their charitable activities and their language on earnings calls.

Should you be nice at work?