Geneosity And Generosity

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Generosity and trustworthiness are two personality traits that have a heavy correlation. There is evidence that trustworthiness can be proven to another person through acts of generosity. In the experiment described in this article, people are tested to see how trustworthy they are based on how generous they are in a given situation. The people in this experiment are given no reason to be generous, and their response will show how trustworthy they are. Ten sessions were given in which five people were recipients and five people were senders. They played a series of games that would determine how trustworthy and how generous they would be. The results were around 25 percent of the participants displayed generous traits during the games. A conclusion …show more content…

Prosociality can be defined as a wide umbrella of behaviors and attitudes that are generally positive towards other people. Prosociality fits into the “Big Five” set of traits under agreeableness. This is still a broad term, but it is broken up into two major categories, which are politeness and compassion. Politeness is more like the tendency to respect people, conform to social norms, and ignore aggressive impulses. However, generosity tends to fit under compassion better. Compassion is the tendency to have concern for others and the urge to help them. A series of games were created in order to point out the differences in generosity and reciprocity. A major outcome that was found in this study is that humans care for the needs of others and have the want to help them. A study was created to find new social preferences, find differences in these preferences, and address limitations. The results show that social preferences for someone who is tolerant and forgiving, therefore portraying …show more content…

Families are made to be resilient and brave, and should be able to withstand the challenges that life throws. Courage is the backbone of a family, and generosity is also extremely important. A healthy family can withstand change and take it head on, and it is not a big deal. Responsible independence is being able to coexist and generously take care of those around you in a way that won’t harm you, but helps you. Generosity in a family can be seen in many ways, from helping those in the family and meeting needs of every family member and helps those families around them. Generosity in the family has been proven to be contagious with the children as they grow up. If a child grows up in a generous home, they are much more likely to carry that trait with them as they gain responsibility and go out into the

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