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Do you ever get the sense that rich people are more likely to be rude or self-centered?
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Well, we decided it was time to find out whether or not rich people are actually more likely to be jerks.
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Ever been cut off while driving? It was more likely by a Mercedes than a 20 year old junker.
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Multiple studies have found that the more expensive your car is the more likely you are to
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not only cut in front of other vehicles but also drive through crosswalks when a pedestrian is waiting to cross.
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In one study those with the most expensive cars cut pedestrians off 42% of the time.
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Now, imagine you waited in a line for 10 minutes to buy a coffee and a muffin at Starbucks.
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But when you're a couple of blocks away you realize that the clerk gave
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you change for $20 rather than for the $10 you gave him
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Do you A) savour your coffee and the free $10 or B) go back and return the change?
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It turns out those with more money are more likely to respond that they would keep it.
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And the amount of money you have also affects how much you look at people.
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Using Google glass to track eye movements of people in a study walking around the block.
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Wealthy people spend significantly less time in social gazes. In other words,
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they're more likely to straight-up ignore other people.
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But, certainly the rich are more generous in the poor, right, though the rich may cut a bigger check in the Ｕ.S.
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Nationwide survey data shows that the wealthy contribute a lower percentage of their household income.
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For example a household that makes under $25,000 in the u.s.. donate around 4.2% of their earnings,
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but those making $100,000 or more only contribute 2.7%.
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Even when people are arbitrarily put in charge or given power. It makes them more selfish.
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Imagine you're put into a group of 3 people to make some important policy recommendations and you're told you're in charge of the group.
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A plate of 5 yummy cookies gets put in front of you.
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And naturally everybody takes one. Do you take another?
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It turns out in studies the person in charge is most likely to take the fourth cookie while everybody leaves the last one on the plate to be polite
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So, our rude people just more likely to become rich? Or does being rich make you worse?
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Counter to what we might believe people who are the most likely to gain power in a group are actually the emotionally intelligent
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ones who focus on others practice generosity and aren't the bullies
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Studies even find that college students at the top of the social hierarchy tend to be the most Pro-social
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and compassionate versus selfish. It all goes back to our hunter-gatherer roots where individuals who share food and resources,
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rise in ranks, but this leads to the power paradox. To gain power you need empathy.
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But, once you feel powerful you become more self focused you can even see this in the brain when using FMRI scans.
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Areas like the prefrontal cortex that activate when understanding mental states or considering the thoughts of others,
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show less activity in those with a higher social class
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Poor people also have a greater ability to assess the emotional states of others have more interpersonal interactions, greater
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eye contact, head nodding and laughing compared to richer people who are more likely to self groom, fidget or doodle.
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One possible explanation for this is that people with less materials resources and
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privilege rely more on others to meet their needs and this creates a pressure to be more emotionally intelligent.
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So, of course not all rich people are jerks.
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But in general as your wealth increases your empathy decreases. Making rich people statistically more likely to be jerks
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Thank you again as always for watching, and we will see you next Thursday for a new science video
