Empathy: A clue for prosocialty and driver of indirect reciprocity.

Indirect reciprocity has been proposed to explain prosocial behavior among strangers, whereby the prosocial act is returned by a third party. However, what happens if the prosocial act cannot be observed by the third party? Here, we examine whether empathy serves as a clue for prosociality and wheth...

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Autores principales:	Frauke von Bieberstein, Andrea Essl, Kathrin Friedrich
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:35fabe09b83644b19442b874ba2645432021-12-02T20:08:46ZEmpathy: A clue for prosocialty and driver of indirect reciprocity.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0255071https://doaj.org/article/35fabe09b83644b19442b874ba2645432021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255071https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Indirect reciprocity has been proposed to explain prosocial behavior among strangers, whereby the prosocial act is returned by a third party. However, what happens if the prosocial act cannot be observed by the third party? Here, we examine whether empathy serves as a clue for prosociality and whether people are more generous toward more empathetic people. In a laboratory study, we measured prosocial behavior as the amount sent in the dictator game and empathy based on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). By using an incentivized task, we find that people believe that more empathetic participants send more money in the dictator game. Thus, people see empathy as a clue for prosocial behavior. Furthermore, in a second dictator game, participants indirectly reciprocate by sending more money to more empathetic recipients. Therefore, we suggest that empathy can replace a reputation derived from observable prosocial behavior in triggering indirect reciprocity.Frauke von BiebersteinAndrea EsslKathrin FriedrichPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0255071 (2021)
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description	Indirect reciprocity has been proposed to explain prosocial behavior among strangers, whereby the prosocial act is returned by a third party. However, what happens if the prosocial act cannot be observed by the third party? Here, we examine whether empathy serves as a clue for prosociality and whether people are more generous toward more empathetic people. In a laboratory study, we measured prosocial behavior as the amount sent in the dictator game and empathy based on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). By using an incentivized task, we find that people believe that more empathetic participants send more money in the dictator game. Thus, people see empathy as a clue for prosocial behavior. Furthermore, in a second dictator game, participants indirectly reciprocate by sending more money to more empathetic recipients. Therefore, we suggest that empathy can replace a reputation derived from observable prosocial behavior in triggering indirect reciprocity.
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title	Empathy: A clue for prosocialty and driver of indirect reciprocity.
title_short	Empathy: A clue for prosocialty and driver of indirect reciprocity.
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title_fullStr	Empathy: A clue for prosocialty and driver of indirect reciprocity.
title_full_unstemmed	Empathy: A clue for prosocialty and driver of indirect reciprocity.
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Empathy: A clue for prosocialty and driver of indirect reciprocity.

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