Category Archives: The Development of Prosocial Behavior

Generosity research offers new insight into how children share

Current consensus among psychologists is that children under about five years of age don’t consider merit when sharing with other children, but Felix Warneken has recently found that children begin to share according to merit as early three years old. … Continue reading

Posted in Causes, Decisionmaking, Evolution and generosity, Generosity in children, Prosocial behavior, The Development of Prosocial Behavior | Tagged | Comments Off on Generosity research offers new insight into how children share

Wall Street Journal story on generosity research

Pulitzer prize winning Wall Street Journal reporter Kevin Helliker recently did a story about early results from Ariel Knafo’s project, “The Family Cycle of Kindness and Generosity.” Knafo and his group discovered a genetic idiosyncrasy in young children that is … Continue reading

Posted in Family kindness and generosity, Kindness, Prosocial behavior, The Development of Prosocial Behavior | Tagged | Comments Off on Wall Street Journal story on generosity research

How good is good enough?

OK… So What Now? is a series of first person investigations into the moral and ethical challenges of leading an examined life. Each episode centers around one dilemma from our modern life, and features interviews with guests who have some … Continue reading

Posted in Decisionmaking, Intergenerational Causes of Generosity, Prosocial behavior, The Development of Prosocial Behavior, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments Off on How good is good enough?

The evolutionary roots of human generosity

One of the most important issues in research on generosity and other prosocial behaviors is to determine the similarities and differences between humans and other animals: What aspects are actually unique to humans and what aspects have deeper evolutionary roots? … Continue reading

Posted in Evolution and generosity, The Development of Prosocial Behavior | Tagged | Comments Off on The evolutionary roots of human generosity