« The Power of Body Language and People who Miss That | Main | How is Creativity Kept Alive at Work? Or is it? »

Oct15
A Cognitive Map for Altruism

Have you ever wondered how some highly successful people give extravagantly to others  … without expectations back? Altruism is explainable… according to Dr. David Sloan Wilson, and Dr. Elliott Sober… of the State University of New York in Binghamton .

They co-wrote Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior to explain why we can’t explain selfishness as part of a person’s root. It seems that research related to unselfish behavior  altruism.jpgshows a striking number of diverse commonalities that are perceived as "self-sacrificing."

Altruism , as it turns out… arises out of people’s perception of quality consequences for their group, and not from an inner root personal goodness.

In this book, the authors show interactions between genetics and people’s environment as these two relate to character and altruistic traits. Wider forces that shape people’s world at work, for instance, explain systems for social control form.

Not surprisingly, a wide range of behavior exists between altruism and selfishness. We know that altruism is more likely to occur when people surround themselves with others who are altruistic. When we observe altruistic approaches, our brains develop unique cognitive maps that help us to give altruistically. Any altruistic people where you work?

related entries


0 Comments/Trackbacks




submit a trackback

TrackBack URL for this entry:

post a comment

Name, Email Address, and URL are not required fields.





Comment Preview

« The Power of Body Language and People who Miss That | Main | How is Creativity Kept Alive at Work? Or is it? »

Advertise

sponsored ads



subscribe


Prefer Email?
Subscribe below-

Enter your Email:


Powered by FeedBlitz What's this?

Current News

Support This Blog

Successful and Outstanding Blogger
BlogBurst.com
QAQnA Mug Club
10 Tips for 10 Million Women
My site was nominated for Best Business Blog!

Business and Management Articles
Dig Your Job Badge

business social media

Use these fast growing business social media sites to promote your business, feature your products, spotlight your business leaders, create links, and drive traffic back to your company site, all for free!

BIZZlogos - Add your logo - free link to your site
BIZZphotos - Add photos of your products and people
BIZZprofiles - Submit your profile and build your online visibility
BIZZspotlight - Spotlight your business with free links
BIZZvideos - Videos about businesses, products and business people.
BIZZbites - "Digg" for Business - Submit your articles and posts

know more media network

View Network Map

Network Feed List (OPML)

Know More Media Network
Feed


we support unitus

PRWeb

Influencer



BrainBasedBusiness is a member of the Know More Media network of business related blogs.

Here are some current headlines from some of our business publications:

ProductivityGoal

CallCenterScript

AdHurl

TheBizofKnowledge

LandingTheDeal

CustomersAreAlways

HealthCareVox

BrainBasedBusiness

TheInsurancePolicy

MarketingBlurb