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Apr 1, 2013 · The researchers suggest wealth and status reduce empathy because money allows one to be independent, rather than relying on others in one’s community for resources and survival (and...
Oct 18, 2024 · Safra Center for Ethics debate weighs extreme wealth, philanthropy, income inequality, and redistribution. Billionaires devote vast sums of money to anti-poverty initiatives and green energy reforms. But the world’s wealthiest also cause disproportionate harm to the environment.
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In the new study, researchers did their best to replicate part of Piff’s 2012 studyin which drivers in Berkeley, California, were observed at busy intersections to see whether they would cut off other drivers or fail to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Research assistants noted the make of cars passing through the intersection, which was taken...
It’s unclear why Piff’s findings were so different from Smeets’s. Smeet speculates that people could have changed their behavior in the intervening years, and that may explain why they weren’t replicable. Or there may have been some other variable that affected results. Either way, he says, his findings don’t discount Piff’s findings; they just don...
Still, it’s hard to parse the research, given strong evidence both for and against unethical behavior from folks of higher socioeconomic status. That’s why replication studies can be important in the search for understanding what’s going on. They call into question certain assumptions and help us to dig deeper. Unfortunately, though, replication st...
- More money, less empathy? Several studies have shown that wealth may be at odds with empathy and compassion. Research published in the journal Psychological Science found that people of lower economic status were better at reading others’ facial expressions—an important marker of empathy—than wealthier people.
- Wealth can cloud moral judgment. It is no surprise in this post-2008 world to learn that wealth may cause a sense of moral entitlement. A UC Berkeley study found that in San Francisco—where the law requires that cars stop at crosswalks for pedestrians to pass—drivers of luxury cars were four times less likely than those in less expensive vehicles to stop and allow pedestrians the right of way.
- Wealth has been linked with addiction. While money itself doesn’t cause addiction or substance abuse, wealth has been linked with a higher susceptibility to addiction problems.
- Money itself can become addictive. The pursuit of wealth itself can also become a compulsive behavior. As psychologist Dr. Tian Dayton explained, a compulsive need to acquire money is often considered part of a class of behaviors known as process addictions, or “behavioral addictions,” which are distinct from substance abuse.
Now, a team of six German economists and psychologists has conducted a large-scale study: They interviewed 130 wealthy individuals and used the results to derive a psychological profile, which they...
Apr 10, 2012 · But why would wealth and status decrease our feelings of compassion for others? After all, it seems more likely that having few resources would lead to selfishness.
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Sep 1, 2016 · A string of studies appeared to show that rich people are more tight-fisted and less trustworthy – but what’s the truth in the claims? Claudia Hammond investigates.
