Altruism in Humans

By C. Daniel Batson. 2011

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Emerging Study of Positive Empathy (2015, background): “Previous work suggests that perspective-taking represents a key component of empathy that can increase emotional resonance with the target (Batson, 2011; Davis, Conklin, Smith, & Luce, 1996; Zaki & Ochsner, 2012).”
Emotional reactions, perceived impact and perceived responsibility mediate the identifiable victim effect, proportion dominance effect and in-group effect respectively (2015, background): “Both distress (Cialdini et al., 1987) and sympathy (Loewenstein & Small, 2007) have been suggested to be the main underlying mechanisms of helping, but the properties of these emotional reactions are not always identical (Batson, 2011; Kogut & Ritov, 2005a).”
Empathy, gender, and prosocial behavior (2020, background): “There is strong evidence that greater empathy (both situational and dispositional) is connected to more prosocial behavior (Batson, 2011a; Batson et al. 2015; Davis, 2015; Eisenberg & Miller, 1987; Hein et al. 2010).”
The identifiable victim effect: a meta-analytic review (2016, background): “In particular, affective feelings are germane to explaining decision- making in helping situations such as those relevant to IVE (Batson, 2011; Slovic, 2007).”
The Emotional Cost of Humanity (2016, background): “Given the links between compassion and humanization (Batson, 2011; Eisenberg, 2000), it might be assumed that those who dehumanize are callous.”
What’s Wrong with Morality? (2011, background): “Each of these sets of emotions is capable of producing strong motivation—egoistic motivation to repair or maintain one’s self-image (Tangney & Dearing, 2002; Tangney et al., 2007); altruistic motivation to increase the welfare of the cared-for other (Batson, 1991, 2011).”
The Quiet Ego Scale: Measuring the Compassionate Self-Identity (2015, background): “…and vanOyen Witvliet 2002), gratitude (Emmons and McCullough 2004), humility (Tangney 2000; Exline 2008), generativity (McAdams and de St. Aubin 1992), altruism (Batson 2011), interdependence (Rusbult and Van Lange 2002), self-compassion (Neff 2003) and compassionate love (Sprecher and Fehr 2005).”
A motivational hierarchy within: primacy of the individual self, relational self, or collective self? (2012, background): “Debatable, however, is the nature of the motivation that guides behavioral acts of “collectivism” (Batson, 2011, p. 210–220).”
The emerging role of Buddhism in clinical psychology: Toward effective integration. (2014, background): “Th is ar tic le is in te nd ed so le ly fo r th e pe rs on al us e of th e in di vi du al us er an d is no tt o be di ss em in at ed br oa dl y. (Batson, 2011), Buddhism conceptualizes generosity more as a dedication and unconditional giving of one’s entire being (e.g., presence, time, meditative…”
Media Violence and the General Aggression Model (2018, background): “Empathy is especially important when it comes to promoting prosocial behaviors, such as helping, cooperating, and sharing (Batson, 2011).”
Promoting Altruism Through Meditation: An 8-Week Randomized Controlled Pilot Study (2013, methodology): “This motivation to bring another to the valued appetitive state is termed “altruistic motivation” (Batson 2011).”
The Structure of Human Prosociality (2016, background): “Negative state affect has previously been linked to decreased altruistic behavior (Rudolph et al., 2004), suggesting that emotional distress in the face of another’s suffering results in withdrawal from—instead of helping—the suffering person (Batson, 2011).”
Feelings for the Suffering of Others and the Environment (2016, methodology): “This measure was included in our analyses to rule out the possibility that the relation between compassion and proenvironmental tendencies is merely a result of socially desirable responding (cf. Batson, 2011).”