Organized by Jennifer Crocker, Mary Rigdon and Stephanie Brown

The dominant motivational paradigm in the social sciences is self-interest — the assumption that humans are motivated to satisfy their own wants and needs, heedless of the needs of others or the larder good. Yet, as social scientists from many disciplines have long noted, self-interest alone cannot explain all of human behavior. Decades of research and theory have been devoted to dismantling the self-interest assumption in the social and behavioral sciences. Less research and theory has been devoted to developing alternative ways to characterize human behavior that move beyond self-interest.

Shinobu Kitayama | Heidi Keller

Shinobu Kitayama | Heidi Keller

Independence and Interdependence: Developmental Pathways and Social Behavior

January 22, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Rowell Huesmann | Adam Grant

Rowell Huesmann | Adam Grant

Beyond Self-Interest in Relationships and at Work

January 29, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Jennifer Crocker

Jennifer Crocker

From Egosystem to Ecosystem: Implications for Relationships, Learning, and Well-Being

February 5, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Louis A. Penner

Louis A. Penner

From the Social Psychology Lab to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic: Parental Empathic Responses and Children’s Reaction to Painful Cancer Treatments

February 12, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Paul Zak

Paul Zak

Sacrifice, Generosity, and Trust

February 19, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Stephen Post | David Sloan Wilson

Stephen Post | David Sloan Wilson

Group Selection: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior

March 05, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Ernst Fehr

Ernst Fehr

SPECIAL TALK: Norm Enforcement Under Social Discrimination

March 8, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Lee Alan Dugatkin

Lee Alan Dugatkin

Natural Selection, Kinship and Altruism: From Darwin to Hamilton

March 19, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Kyle Stanford | Peter Railton

Kyle Stanford | Peter Railton

How to be an Instrumentalist (And Why You Should)

March 26, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Stephanie Preston

Stephanie Preston

Individual Differences in Empathy and Altruism for Patients: Self Report, Psychophysiology, and Brain Imaging Data

April 02, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Randolph Nesse | Peter Ubel

Randolph Nesse | Peter Ubel

The Invisible Hand: The Origins of Altruism and the End of Economics

April 9, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Stephanie Brown | Michael Brown

Stephanie Brown | Michael Brown

From Selfish Genes to Selfless Behavior: An Alternative to Group Selection Accounts of Sacrifice

April 16, 2007
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

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