The unlikely Samaritans

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    Abstract

    The helping motivations of wealth-driven college students were investigated. Tang etal. argues that wealth-driven individuals are extrinsically motivated, and that extrinsic motivation negatively relates to helping behavior. The results of questionnaires and experimentation here contradict the recent literature. Seventy-two percent of subjects reported wealth as a top priority in life. Fifty-six percent of subjects would take an insider trading tip, and 78% of subjects offered help to a confederate who just learned his family member was in an accident and needed to make a telephone call. Logistic regression results showed intrinsic motivation among participants significantly predicted increased helping behavior. It is recommended that surveys used to create new paradigms be followed up with experimentation whenever feasible.

    Original languageBritish English
    Pages (from-to)899-908
    Number of pages10
    JournalJournal of Applied Social Psychology
    Volume43
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 2013

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