Compliance, self-control, and prosocial behavior

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Self Control

scholarly journals Engaging in prosocial behavior explains how high self-control relates to more life satisfaction: Evidence from three Chinese samples

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. e0223169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Dou ◽  
Jian-Bin Li ◽  
Yu-Jie Wang ◽  
Jing-Jing Li ◽  
Zi-Qin Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Self Control

scholarly journals Out of Control!? How Loss of Self-Control Influences Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Power and Moral Values

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e0126377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Joosten ◽  
Marius van Dijke ◽  
Alain Van Hiel ◽  
David De Cremer
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Loss Of Self

scholarly journals Toward a better understanding of prosocial behavior: The role of evolution and directed attention

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-264
Author(s):  
Stephen Kaplan ◽  
Raymond De Young
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Directed Attention ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Restrictive Definition ◽  
Evolutionary Interpretation

Rachlin's thought-provoking analysis could be strengthened by greater openness to evolutionary interpretation and the use of the directed attention concept as a component of self-control. His contribution to the understanding of prosocial behavior would also benefit from abandoning the traditional (and excessively restrictive) definition of altruism.

scholarly journals Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Zwir ◽  
C. Del-Val ◽  
M. Hintsanen ◽  
K. M. Cloninger ◽  
R. Romero-Zaliz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Modern Humans ◽  
High Coverage ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Protein Coding Genes ◽  
Healthy Longevity

AbstractThe genetic basis for the emergence of creativity in modern humans remains a mystery despite sequencing the genomes of chimpanzees and Neanderthals, our closest hominid relatives. Data-driven methods allowed us to uncover networks of genes distinguishing the three major systems of modern human personality and adaptability: emotional reactivity, self-control, and self-awareness. Now we have identified which of these genes are present in chimpanzees and Neanderthals. We replicated our findings in separate analyses of three high-coverage genomes of Neanderthals. We found that Neanderthals had nearly the same genes for emotional reactivity as chimpanzees, and they were intermediate between modern humans and chimpanzees in their numbers of genes for both self-control and self-awareness. 95% of the 267 genes we found only in modern humans were not protein-coding, including many long-non-coding RNAs in the self-awareness network. These genes may have arisen by positive selection for the characteristics of human well-being and behavioral modernity, including creativity, prosocial behavior, and healthy longevity. The genes that cluster in association with those found only in modern humans are over-expressed in brain regions involved in human self-awareness and creativity, including late-myelinating and phylogenetically recent regions of neocortex for autobiographical memory in frontal, parietal, and temporal regions, as well as related components of cortico-thalamo-ponto-cerebellar-cortical and cortico-striato-cortical loops. We conclude that modern humans have more than 200 unique non-protein-coding genes regulating co-expression of many more protein-coding genes in coordinated networks that underlie their capacities for self-awareness, creativity, prosocial behavior, and healthy longevity, which are not found in chimpanzees or Neanderthals.

scholarly journals Moderate eating with pleasure and without effort: Toward understanding the underlying psychological mechanisms

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 205510291988988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton JM Dijker
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Food Sharing ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Motivational Mechanism

Integrating research on elementary eating behaviors, savoring, mental imagery, mindfulness, cooking, and dinner rituals, a psychological theory of moderate eating is formulated that does not require effortful self-control and giving up on the pleasures of eating. The theory proposes that taste and pleasure can be combined with a relatively objective attitude toward food, resulting in a relatively slow, gentle, and thoughtful manner of eating that enhances satiation. The objective food attitude is thought to result from (a) the accumulation of multiple sensorimotor expectancies and perspectives and (b) a motivational mechanism underlying prosocial behavior, food sharing, and aggression-inhibiting dinner rituals.

The joy of obligation: Human cultural worldviews can enhance the rewards of meeting obligations

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma E. Buchtel
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Heritage Culture ◽  
Confucian Heritage Culture ◽  
Cultural Worldviews

Abstract Is it particularly human to feel coerced into fulfilling moral obligations, or is it particularly human to enjoy them? I argue for the importance of taking into account how culture promotes prosocial behavior, discussing how Confucian heritage culture enhances the satisfaction of meeting one's obligations.

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