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CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages 51-56Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.07.013
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- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1253676] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The contributions of biology versus socialization practices to the emergence of human altruism have been the focus of a long-standing debate. New research on the development and evolution of helping behaviors provides important insight into the origins of our altruistic psychology. Current empirical evidence shows that both young children and chimpanzees instrumentally help others struggling with a problem suggesting that basic forms of altruism are based upon a biological predisposition with shared evolutionary roots. In humans, the internalization of social norms and moral education can then build upon this early emerging predisposition.
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