Human prosociality from an evolutionary perspective: variation and correlations at a city-wide scale
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“These studies suggest that the more social support a person receives, the more likely they are to engage in prosocial behaviors which help the community and further the virtuous cycle of generosity and social benefit (Wilson et al., 2009).”
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Wilson, D. S., & O'Brien, D. T. (2009) · Springer series in game theory · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85436-4_9 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
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Preventing Irritability and Temper Outbursts in Youth by Building Resilience
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Validation of the Self-report altruism scale test in Colombian University Students
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An Evolutionary Model of the Environmental Conditions that Shape the Development of Prosociality
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“A small body of empirical evidence is consistentwith our proposal that enriched childhood environments are instrumental in shaping adult prosociality (e.g., Colby & Damon, 1992; Wilson et al., 2009).”
BackgroundHuman altruistic tendencies vary with both the costliness of selfless acts and socioeconomic status
Grueter, C., Ingram, J. A., Lewisson, J. W., Bradford, O. R., Taba, M., Coetzee, R. E., & Sherwood, M. A. (2016) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.2610 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“205 Wilson et al. (2009) found a good match between individual prosociality and the quality of 206 the neighborhood (or more specifically the prosociality of the individuals’ social 207 environment) and reasoned that “this empirical result explains why it is possible for 208 prosociality to succeed…”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialFrom lonely cities to prosocial places
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Prevalence Rates of Associations across Territories
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Violent Behavior and Social Network Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors
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“Prosocial behavior, measured by three items, included volunteering and supporting police law enforcement (Wilson et al., 2009).”
BackgroundSegregating socioeconomic classes leads to an unequal redistribution of wealth
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Early prosociality is conditional on opportunity cost and familiarity with the target
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Human prosociality in altruism niche
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“Indeed, the motives for suicide terrorism can be anchored on the two faces of human social behaviorselfishness and altruism (Wilson et al., 2009).”
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Prosocial Parent-to-Peer Path Model for South Korean School-Aged Children
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“dencies as they pass through residential areas that appear to harbor antisocial behavior (Wilson et al. 2009).”
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A Functional Contextualist Approach to Cultural Evolution
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- Authors
- Wilson, D. S., O'Brien, D. T., & Sesma, A.
- Affiliations
- Binghamton University (US)
- Search Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wilson, David Sloan
- Venue
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-05
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 190-200
- ISSN
- 1090-5138 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2118045765
- Semantic Scholar
- a3c8209b7a046849291fdb2fc4f055f4958198fe
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 35.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Evolution and Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Keywords
- prosocial behavior, social support, cooperation, evolutionary theory, neighborhood quality, social capital, public school students, Binghamton, New York
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