Abstract
Is parochial altruism an attribute of individual behavior? This is the question we address with an experiment. We examine whether the individual pro-sociality that is revealed in the public goods and trust games when interacting with fellow group members helps predict individual parochialism, as measured by the in-group bias (i.e., the difference in these games in pro-sociality when interacting with own group members as compared with members of another group). We find that it is not. An examination of the Big-5 personality predictors of each behavior reinforces this result: they are different. In short, knowing how pro-social individuals are with respect to fellow group members does not help predict their parochialism.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1261 |
Journal | Frontiers in Psychology |
Volume | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Aug 2015 |
Keywords
- parochial altruism
- in-group bias
- pro-sociality
- personality
Profiles
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Charles Seger
- School of Psychology - Associate Professor in Psychology
- Cognition, Action and Perception - Member
- Social Cognition Research Group - Member
Person: Academic, Teaching & Scholarship, Research Group Member