Motivation, Altruism, Personality, and Social Psychology: The Coming Age of Altruism

216 Pages·2013·2.01 MB·English

by  Michael Babula (auth.)

Motivation, Altruism, Personality, and
Social Psychology
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Motivation, Altruism,
Personality, and
Social Psychology
The Coming Age of Altruism
Michael Babula
University of Greenwich, UK
© Michael Babula 2013
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-03128-0
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Dedicated to my parents, Raymond S. Babula and
Ann M. Babula, whose guidance put me on the path
to help others.
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Part 1 Intrinsic Drive to Become Exocentric
Altruists
1 An Unenlightened Developmental Psychology 3
2 Proposed Hyperbola Paradigm 14
3 Expanding the Scope of Biological Evolution 24
4 ‘The unlikely Samaritans’ 35
Part 2 A Fresh Look at Pathology
5 Pathological Self-interest 59
6 Needs Frustration and the Mindset of the 9/11 Jihadists 70
7 The Special Case of Psychopathy 82
Part 3 Sequential Confirmation of the
Hyperbola Paradigm
8 Post-materialist Value Change 99
9 New Challenges for the West 112
10 Political Values in a Threat Environment 118
11 The Rejection of Barabbas 129
Part 4 The Coming Age of Altruism
12 Aligning Governing Systems and Altruistic Values 143
13 Promoting Altruistic Constructivist Education 155
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14 Helping the Afflicted Transcend Self-Interest 167
Notes 179
References 183
Index 195
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 T he three-station scenario 16
2.2 T he pattern of motivational and altruistic development 22
8.1 T ime series analysis of hate crime statistics in relation to
incidents, offences, and victims from 1996 to 2011 106
8.2 T ime series analysis of hate crime statistics in relation
to bias motivation from 1996 to 2011 107
8.3 T ime series analysis of hate crime statistics in relation to
racial-type bias 108
9.1 I ncreasing suicide rates in the USA over a 14-year period 114
10.1 Factor analysis for the revised Political Values inventory 122
Tables
4.1 Construct validity (factor analysis) for religiosity scales 42
4.2 H ierarchical logistic regression analysis of situational and
dispositional variables with RELI-E included in block four 49
4.3 H ierarchical logistic regression analysis of situational and
dispositional variables with RELI-E excluded in block four 50
7.1 S elf-reported psychopathy items among a sample of law
enforcement 89
8.1 T he US shift in post-materialist values over time
(in percentages) 103
9.1 Odds ratio of suicides for professional white males 114
10.1 Value types by indexed averages of political attitude
importance ratings 123
10.2 Post-materialism regression results 125
10.3 Exocentric altruistic value-type regression results 126
13.1 E ducational Management Corporation, Career Education
Corporation, and Corinthian College mission statements 160
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