Approach to Resource Management and Physical Strength Predict Differences in Helping: Evidence From Two Small-Scale Societies.

ABSTRACT: Helping behavior is likely to have evolved to increase chances of survival of an individual and their group. Nevertheless, populations differ significantly in their eagerness to help, and little is known about populational and inter-individual determinants of these differences. Previous studies indicated that economic and physiological factors might influence helping behavior. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of approach to resource management of a society (immediate-return economy vs. delayed-return economy), prenatal androgenization (based on second-to-fourth digit ratio), and physical strength (based on hand grip strength) on helping behavior toward others. Helping was assessed in terms of both general eagerness to help and differential helping toward: (1) kin

SUBMITTER: Butovskaya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7110700 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature