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Adaptive altruistic strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Dennis L. Krebs
Dennis L. Krebs
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A-1S6, Canadakrebs@sfu.ca
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Abstract

Biological, cognitive, and learning explanations of altruism, selfishness, and self-control can be integrated in terms of adaptive strategies. The key to understanding why humans and other animals sometimes resist temptation and sacrifice their immediate interests for the sake of others lies in mapping the design of the evolved mental mechanisms that give rise to the decisions in question.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 265 - 266
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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