Power motivation arousal promotes prosocial behavior in the dictator game depending on social presence.

Despite the popular notion that power motivations are associated with aggression and antisocial behavior, this study tested the hypothesis that activating power motivations can promote prosocial behavior. Because previous research has shown that public prosocial behavior is associate with reputation...

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Main Authors: Jianfeng Wang, Shuangyi Qu, Ruiyu Li, Yunqiao Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277294