Decades of research document individual differences in prosocial behavior using controlled
experiments that model social interactions in situations of interdependence. However …

In recent decades, numerous studies have suggested a positive relationship between
prosociality and well-being. What remains less clear are (a) what the magnitude of this …

This article seeks to develop transformative social and emotional learning (SEL), a form of
SEL intended to promote equity and excellence among children, young people, and adults …

People sometimes avoid information about the impact of their actions as an excuse to be
selfish. Such “willful ignorance” reduces altruistic behavior and has detrimental effects in …

Drawing on recent research on the psychology of social class, I argue that the material
conditions in which people grow up and live have a lasting impact on their personal and …

The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test (Eyes Test) is a widely used assessment of “theory
of mind.” The NIMH Research Domain Criteria recommends it as one of two tests for …

Correlation does not imply causation; but often, observational data are the only option, even
though the research question at hand involves causality. This article discusses causal …

Socioeconomic status (SES; or social class) is considered an important determinant of
psychological and life outcomes. Despite this importance, how to appropriately conceive of …

Research in marketing often begins with two assumptions: that consumers are able to
choose among desirable products, and that they have sufficient resources to buy them …

Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of
reference. Guided by conceptual analyses of awe as a collective emotion, across 5 studies …