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An experiment on individual 'parochial altruism' revealing no connection between individual 'altruism' and individual 'parochialism'

Corr, P. J., Hargreaves Heap, S., Seger, C. R. & Tsutsui, K. (2015). An experiment on individual 'parochial altruism' revealing no connection between individual 'altruism' and individual 'parochialism'. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, article number 1261. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01261

Abstract

Is parochial altruism an attribute of individual behavior? This is the question we address with an experiment. We examine whether the individual pro-sociality that is revealed in the public goods and trust games when interacting with fellow group members helps predict individual parochialism, as measured by the in-group bias (i.e., the difference in these games in pro-sociality when interacting with own group members as compared with members of another group). We find that it is not. An examination of the Big-5 personality predictors of each behavior reinforces this result: they are different. In short, knowing how pro-social individuals are with respect to fellow group members does not help predict their parochialism.

Publication Type: Article
Publisher Keywords: parochial altruism, in-group bias, pro-sociality, personality
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Departments: School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Psychology
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