Rich or lying, cheating?

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley drew this unpleasant conclusion after quietly monitoring the behavior of many people in the world as well as in a series of lab tests.

The researchers also found a close relationship between social status and greed, a relationship they suspect could increase the gap between the rich and the poor. Previous research has also shown that upper-class people are less likely to understand other people, less selfless than those of lower classes.

The driver of a luxury car or robbery, does not stop for pedestrians
cross the road than those of lower classes. (Source: Livescience)

To draw this conclusion, the researchers immersed themselves in the San Francisco crossroads and watched drivers who were obliged to stop and wait for pedestrians to cross the street. When the drivers stopped in front of the line, the scientists assessed what class of drivers, based on a scale of 1 to 2, as well as based on the value of the vehicle they drove.

On average, 12.4% of drivers observed did not wait for their turn to go so they robbed others' roads. The driver of non-luxury vehicles violates less than 10% of the observations, but the drivers who control the most fashionable cars violate 30%.

Researchers continue to note whether drivers stopped for people walking across the junction. The results showed that the sense of deceleration and giving way of drivers was inversely proportional to the class of vehicles they controlled.

In the laboratory, the researchers organized four studies to understand the differences in behavior of people from different social classes. The results showed that the higher the social class, the easier it is to lie while negotiating and cheating to earn money, including stealing children's candy.

In one study, 105 volunteers were asked to read eight stories about a character who took something that did not belong to them, and said whether volunteers did the same thing. Attitudes toward wrongdoing increase with social status - measured by income, education and occupation.

In the most important study, the researchers suggested to the participants that greed is a good thing, then ask the volunteers to write three ways to perform immoral actions as well as their ability. perform these acts. As a result, people of lower classes and higher classes have equal scores.