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Mar 27, 2022 · Abstract. Although abundant research has explored the relationship between social class and prosociality, it remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the effect of social class priming on prosociality among college students. Experiment 1 was an explicit experiment in which we employed the MacArthur scale to prime participants ...
- 10.3390/ijerph19073984
- 2022/04
Dec 1, 2017 · Overviews social class differences in interpersonal attention and prosocial emotion. Reviews evidence linking lower social class to increased prosocial behavior. Discusses factors that underlie class differences in prosociality. Raises pressing questions for future research. This review synthesizes research on social class and prosocial behavior.
- Paul K Piff, Angela R Robinson
- 2017
Jul 20, 2015 · One of these themes is certainly the effect of social class on prosociality. Recent social psychological research has presented evidence of a negative effect of social class on several prosocial behaviors [1 – 3]. In these studies, higher class individuals were found to be less charitable, less trusting, less generous, and less helpful than ...
- Martin Korndörfer, Boris Egloff, Stefan C. Schmukle
- 2015
Jun 1, 2017 · This study aimed to investigate the effect of social class priming on prosociality among college students. ... of social rank can alter one's prosociality ... relationship between social class and ...
Dec 1, 2017 · Higher-class individuals have more material resources and higher social rank than lower-class individuals, who have fewer resources and more subordinate rank in society. Greater control and freedom of choice [6], reduced vulnerability to threats [7, 8], and an emphasis on individualism and personal accomplishment [9, 10] promote an internal, self-oriented focus among higher-class individuals ...
Here we review evidence underlying this claim. We examine how social class shapes a central dimension of moral life—prosociality, which refers to a broad suite of other-regarding social-cognitive and behavioral tenden-cies. These include attentiveness to others, prosocial emotion (e.g., compassion), and personally costly actions.
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Dec 1, 2015 · Across eight studies with large and representative international samples, we predominantly found positive effects of social class on prosociality: Higher class individuals were more likely to make a charitable donation and contribute a higher percentage of their family income to charity (32,090 ≥ N ≥ 3,957; Studies 1–3), were more likely to volunteer (37,136 ≥ N ≥ 3,964; Studies 4 ...
