IT HAS TO WITH EMPATHY ,BUT BELIEF THAT THEY HAVE MORE TO GAIN WITH EVERYONE ELSE CONTRIBUTION.
A TEAM OF RESEARCHES FROM QUEEN MARRY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON CARRIED OUT A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT TO EXPLORE THE DEGREE TO WHICH WEALTH CAN IMPACT A PERSON’S ABILITY TOP BE GENEROUS.
DURING THE EXPERIMENT , THE PARTICIPANTS HAD TO DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WANTED TO KEEP FOR THEMSELVES AND HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO PUT INTO A GROUP POT THAT WOULD BE SHARED WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
“FOR THE HEIGH JOB STATUS INDIVIDUALS , THE WAY IN WHICH WEALTH WAS ACHIEVED , WEALTHER THROUGH CHANCE OR EFFORT , APPEARED TO BE THE KEY FACTOR DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF COOPERATION OBSERVED ,”SAYS LEAD AUTOR MAGDA OSMAN , A READER IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AT QUEEN MARY’S SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES.
“THE OTHER FINDING IS THAT EMPATHY HAS TO NO EMPACT ON PROMOTING PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR , IN OTHER WORD CONTRIBUTING MONEY TO THE GROUP POT,” SHE SAYS .”THIS MATTERS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF CLAIM THAT EMPATHY IS A GLUE THAT BINEDS THE PEOPLE TO ACT SOCIALLY . WHAT SHOWS IS THAT WHEN MONEY MATTERS , EMPATHY PLAYS VIRTUALLY NO ROLES IN IMPROVING PRO – SOCIAL BEHAVIOR