According to the awe-quixoteism hypothesis, one experience of awe may lead to the engagement in challenging actions aimed at increasing the welfare of the world. However, what if the action involves damaging one individual? ...

We focus on the relation between prosocial behaviour and social class by including three relevant aspects: the social class of the recipient of help, the level of empathy, and the type of prosocial behavior, namely helping ...

This academic research examined a help desk environment of a branch of the cement business, a world leader in its industry, identifying needs, information seeking behavior and the uses of information by the help desk ...

An important idea due to Tomasello and others is that the human capacity as the human capacity for social cooperation is at the heart of the species’ capacity to understand others’ mental states and behavior. Furthermore, ...

People with severe intellectual disabilities are usually overlooked in what concerns specific care services despite the policies of school and social inclusion aimed at them. These individuals may present aberrant behaviors, ...