Effects of watching eyes and norm cues on charitable giving in a surreptitious behavioral experiment

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 878-887

  Fathi, Moe ^a   Bateson, Melissa ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Norm psychology; Norms; Prosocial behavior; Watching eyes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; EYE; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CUES; EYE; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918508008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491401200502     Document Type: Article

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