Social Welfare as Small-Scale Help: Evolutionary Psychology and the Deservingness Heuristic

Public opinion concerning social welfare is largely driven by perceptions of recipient deservingness. Extant research has argued that this heuristic is learned from a variety of cultural, institutional, and ideological sources. The Present article provides evidence supporting a different view: that...

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Published in:	American journal of political science 2012-01, Vol.56 (1), p.1-16
Main Author:	Petersen, Michael Bang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Altruism Classification Deservingness Evolution Evolutionary psychology Exchange Heuristic Heuristics History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Human evolution Individual differences Individuals Measures Memory recall Political Science Prediction Psychological aspects Psychology Psychology - education Psychology - history Public Assistance - economics Public Assistance - history Public Assistance - legislation & jurisprudence Public assistance programs Public Opinion Public Opinion - history Social Behavior - history Social categorization Social evolution Social Perception Social psychology Social Welfare Social Welfare - economics Social Welfare - ethnology Social Welfare - history Social Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence Social Welfare - psychology Welfare Welfare Recipients Welfare state
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