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Psychologist and social scientist Dacher Keltner says the rich really are different, and not in a good way: Their life experiences make them less empathetic, less altruistic, and generally more selfish, the Daily Mail reported.

"We have now done 12 separate studies measuring empathy in every way imaginable, social behavior in every way, and some work on compassion and it's the same story," Keltner said. "Lower class people just show more empathy, more pro-social behavior, more compassion, no matter how you look at it."

Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, said the rich tend to stay focused on themselves. He said wealth, education, prestige and a higher station in life give them the freedom to only have to worry about themselves.

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研究稱有錢人更自私

???????據英國《每日郵報》報道，心理和社會學家達切爾·凱特納稱，有錢人跟普通人是不一樣，但卻不是什么好事。有錢人的生活經歷使得他們缺少同情心，不愿幫助他人，總的來說更加自私。

???????凱特納稱：“我們做過12項研究，以最可視的方式來衡量人的同情心、社會行為和憐憫心，結果都是一樣的。不管你從哪個角度來看，低階層的人們表現出更多的同情心，更多的親社會行為和更多的憐憫心。”

???????凱特納是加州大學伯克利分校的一位心理學教授，他認為有錢人更多只考慮自己，是因為他們的財富、教育和聲望以及更高的社會地位賦予他們只需考慮自己的自由。

(China.org.cn August 12, 2011)