Why do we help others?
Issue 4: On warm glow altruism; how going to the theatre can increase prosociality; the evolutionary benefits of friendliness; and how climate advocacy can help on the dating scene.
This is National Volunteer Week, which shines a light on the people and causes that inspire us to serve. So we wanted to shine a light on the psychology behind helping and supporting others.
To learn more about this issue, a new paper conducted a natural field experiment with 540,000 Alaskans. The researchers compared two of the main motivations for cha…
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