Altruism as a Source of Self-Interested Behavior

Altruism is generally understood to be behavior that benefits others at a personal cost to the behaving individual However, within evolutionary biology,

Publisher Summary Central to the theoretical model of personal normative influences on altruism presented in this chapter is the idea that altruistic behavior

altruism Conclusions Individuals with high altruism exhibited more negative affect than those with low altruism, which indirectly increased their

altruism Altruism is acting to help someone else at some cost to oneself It can include a vast range of behaviors, from sacrificing one's life to save others,