Catastrophe Compassion: Understanding and Extending Prosociality Under Crisis

By Jamil Zaki. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2020

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How do people behave when disasters strike? Popular media accounts depict panic and cruelty, but in fact individuals often cooperate with and care for one another during crises. I summarize evidence for such 'catastrophe compassion', discuss its roots, and consider how it might be cultivated in more mundane times.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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