Belief in Altruistic Motives Predicts Prosocial Actions and Inferences
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Summary
It is found that people tend to believe humans can be, and frequently are, altruistically motivated-echoing prior work and suggesting that believing in altruistic motives predicts the extent to which people both see altruism and act prosocially.
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- article
- Published
- 2019-02-06
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- 19
- References
- 89
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Keywords
Prosocial behavior, Altruism (biology), Psychology, Social psychology, Empathy
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