January, 2009
CURRICULUM VITAE
C. Daniel Batson
7917 Woodland Brae
Knoxville, TN 37919
(865) 531-1586
dbatson@ku.edu
Education
Davidson College
1960-1961
Yale University
Psychology Major
1961-1962
University of Tennessee
Psychology Major
Philosophy Minor
1962-1964
Princeton Theological Seminary
Two degrees in religious education
1964-1970
Princeton University
Department of Psychology
Concentration in Social Psychology
1970-1972
Degrees
B.S., University of Tennessee
B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary
M.A., Princeton University
Ph.D., Princeton University
June, 1964
June, 1967
June, 1971
June, 1971
June, 1972
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Honors
Ranking Scholar (both Davidson and Yale)
B.S. degree with high honors (University of Tennessee)
Phi Kappa Phi
Ph.D. degree (Princeton Theological Seminary) summa cum laude
MASUA Honor Lecturer (1985-1986)
Recipient of 1988 William James Award, Division 36, American
Psychological Association
Mortar Board Outstanding Educator Award, 1988-1989
Laurence Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, 1991-1992
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Kansas
1972-1976
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Kansas
1976-1981
Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College
Oxford University, Oxford, England
Spring Semester, 1979
Professor of Psychology
University of Kansas
1981-2008
Professor Emeritus
University of Kansas
2008-present
Visiting Professor
University of Texas
1983-1984
Visiting Scholar
University of Georgia
Spring, 1987
Visiting Fellow
Princeton University
Spring, 1987
Laurence Rockefeller Visiting Fellow
1991-1992
University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Adjunct Professor
University of Tennessee
2006-present
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Teaching Experience (Courses taught)
Social Psychology
Psychology and Social Issues
Psychology of Religion
Experimental Psychology: Social Behavior
Personal Ethics and Helping Behavior
Advanced Social Psychology
Philosophical Bases for Psychological Research
Altruism and Helping Behavior
Prosocial Motivation
Seminar in Motivation and Emotion
The Teaching of Social Psychology
Assorted courses in religious education, philosophy of education, and
educational theory
Administrative Experience
Social Science Coordinator for KU Transitional Summer Session, 1974
Acting Director of KU Graduate Program in Social Psychology, 1974-1975
Associate Chairman, KU Department of Psychology, 1976-1977
Director, KU Graduate Program in Social Psychology, 1984-1987, 1992-1998
Current Research Areas
Empathic emotion and altruistic motivation
Moral motivation, emotion, and behavior
Interplay among values, emotions, and motives
Behavioral correlates of religion
Publications
a. Dissertations
Creativity and religious development: Toward a structural-functional psychology of
religion. Princeton Theological Seminary. University Microfilms, 1971.
“I’m here to help you”: Variables affecting the implementation of helping behavior.
Princeton University. University Microfilms, 1972.
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b. Books
Batson, C. D., Beker, J. C., & Clark, W. M. (1973). Commitment without ideology.
Philadelphia: Pilgrim Press (British edition by SCM press, 1973).
Batson, C. D., & Ventis, W. L. (1982). The religious experience: A social-psychological
perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
Batson, C. D. (1991). The altruism question: Toward a social-psychological answer.
Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Batson, C. D., Schoenrade, P., & Ventis, W. L. (1993). Religion and the individual: A
social-psychological perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
c. Articles and Chapters in Psychology
Batson, C. D. (1972). Linguistic analysis and psychological explanations of the mental.
Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, 2 (1), 37-59.
Darley, J. M., & Batson, C. D. (1973). “From Jerusalem to Jericho”: A study of situational
and dispositional variables in helping behavior. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 27, 100-108.
Batson, C. D. (1975). Rational processing or rationalization?: The effect of disconfirming
information on a stated religious belief. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 32, 176-184.
Batson, C. D. (1975). Attribution as mediator of bias in helping. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 32, 455-466.
Batson, C. D. (1976). Latent aspects of “From Jerusalem to Jericho.” In P. Golden (Ed.),
The research experience. New York: Peacock Press.
Batson, C. D. (1976). Religion as prosocial: Agent or double agent? Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion, 15, 29-45.
Batson, C. D., & Johnson, A. (1976). Arousing intrinsic motivation as a goal for
introductory classes: A case study. Teaching of Psychology, 3, 155-159.
Batson, C. D. (1976). Moon madness: Greed or creed? APA Monitor, June.
Batson, C. D. (1977). Experimentation in psychology of religion: An impossible dream.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 16, 413-418.
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Batson, C. D., Coke, J. S., Jasnoski, M. L., & Hanson, M. (1978). Buying kindness: Effect
of an extrinsic incentive for helping on perceived altruism. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 4, 86-91.
Batson, C. D., Cochran, P. J., Biederman, M. F., Blosser, J. L., Ryan, M. J., & Vogt, B.
(1978). Failure to help when in a hurry: Callousness or conflict? Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 4, 97-101.
Adelberg, S., & Batson, C. D. (1978). Accountability and helping: When needs exceed
resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 343-350.
Batson, C. D., Naifeh, S. J., & Pate, S. (1978). Social desirability, religious orientation, and
racial prejudice. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 17, 31-41.
Coke, J. S., Batson, C. D., & McDavis, K. (1978). Empathic mediation of helping: A twostage model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 752-766.
Batson, C. D., Darley, J. M., & Coke, J.S. (1978). Altruism and human kindness: Internal
and external determinants of helping behavior. In L. Pervin and M. Lewis (Eds.),
Perspectives in interactional psychology (pp. 111-140). New York: Plenum.
Batson, C. D. (1979). Experimentation in psychology of religion: Living with or in a
dream? Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 18, 90-93.
Sherrard, P. A. D., & Batson, C. D. (1979). Client and counselor perception of the client’s
problem: An analysis of initial assessment based on attribution theory. Journal of
College Student Personnel, 20, 14-23.
Shenkel, R. J., Snyder, C. R., Batson, C. D., & Clark, G. M. (1979). The effect of prior
diagnostic information upon clinicians’ causal attributions. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 47, 404-406.
Pendleton, M. G., & Batson, C. D. (1979). Self-presentation and the door-in-the-face
technique for inducing compliance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5,
77-81.
Batson, C. D., Coke, J. S., Chard, F., Smith, D., & Taliaferro, A. (1979). Generality of the
“glow of goodwill”: The effect of mood on helping and information acquisition.
Social Psychology Quarterly, 42, 176-179.
Batson, C. D., & Marz, B. (1979). Dispositional bias in trained therapists’ diagnoses: Does
it exist? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 9, 476-489.
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Batson, C. D., Jones, C., & Cochran, P. J. (1979). Attributional bias in counselors’
diagnoses: The effect of resources. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 9, 377393.
Batson, C. D., Harris, A. C., McCaul, K. D., Davis, M., & Schmidt, T. (1979). Compassion
or compliance: Alternative dispositional attributions for one’s helping behavior.
Social Psychology Quarterly, 42, 405-409.
Batson, C. D., Pate, S., Lawless, H., Sparkman, P., Lambers, J., & Worman, B. (1979).
Helping under conditions of common threat: Increased “we-feeling” or ensuring
reciprocity? Social Psychology Quarterly, 42, 410-414.
Lucke, J. F., & Batson, C. D. (1980). Response suppression to a distressed conspecific: Are
laboratory rats altruistic? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 16, 214-227.
Batson, C. D., & Coke, J. S. (1981). Empathy: A source of altruistic motivation for
helping? In J. P. Rushton and R. M. Sorrentino (Eds.), Altruism and helping
behavior (pp. 167-187). Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum Associates.
Thomas, G. C., Batson, C. D., & Coke, J. S. (1981). Do Good Samaritans discourage
helpfulness?: Self-perceived altruism after exposure to highly helpful others.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40, 194-200.
Batson, C. D., Duncan, B. D., Ackerman, P., Buckley, T., & Birch, K. (1981). Is empathic
emotion a source of altruistic motivation? Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 40, 290-302.
Thomas, G., & Batson, C. D. (1981). Effect of helping under normative pressure on selfperceived altruism. Social Psychology Quarterly, 44, 127-131.
Batson, C. D., & Gray, R. A. (1981). Religious orientation and helping behavior:
Responding to one’s own or to the victim’s needs? Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 40, 511-520.
Matthews, K. A., Batson, C. D., Horn, J., & Rosenman, R. H. (1981). “Principles in his
nature which interest him in the fortune of others...”: The heritability of empathic
concern for others. Journal of Personality, 49, 237-247.
Batson, C. D., & Vanderplas, M. A. (1982). Helping. In D. Perlman and C. Cozby (Eds.),
Social Psychology: A Social Issues Perspective (pp. 283-311). New York: Holt,
Rinehart & Winston.
Batson, C. D., O’Quin, K., & Pych, V. (1982). An attribution-theory analysis of trained
helpers’ inferences about clients’ needs. In T. A. Wills (Ed.), Basic processes in
helping relationships. (pp. 59-79). New York: Academic Press.
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Toi, M., & Batson, C. D. (1982). More evidence that empathy is a source of altruistic
motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 281-292.
Batson, C. D., and Raynor-Prince, L. (1983). Religious orientation and complexity of
thought about existential concerns. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 22,
38-50.
Batson, C. D., & Coke, J. S. (1983). Empathic motivation for helping behavior. In J. T.
Caccioppo and R. E. Petty (Eds.), Social Psychophysiology. (pp. 417-433). New
York: Guilford Press.
Batson, C. D., O’Quin, K., Fultz, J., Vanderplas, M., & Isen, A. (1983). Influence of selfreported distress and empathy on egoistic versus altruistic motivation to help.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 706-718.
Batson, C. D., Coke, J. S., & Pych, V. (1983). Limits on the two-stage model of empathic
mediation of helping: A reply to Archer, Diaz-Loving, Gollwitzer, Davis, and
Foushee. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 895-898.
Batson, C. D. (1983). Sociobiology and the role of religion in promoting prosocial
behavior: An alternative view. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45,
1380-1385.
Batson, C. D., Schoenrade, P., & Pych, V. (1985). Brotherly love or self-concern?:
Behavioral consequences of religion. In Brown, L. B. (Ed.), Advances in the
psychology of religion (pp. 185-208). New York: Pergamon.
Batson, C. D. (1985). Language of psychology. In Fisher, H. (Ed.), Language and logic in
personality and society (pp. 25-56). New York: Columbia University Press.
Batson, C. D., & Ventis, W. L. (1985). Misconception of quest: A reply to Hood and
Morris. Review of Religious Research, 26, 398-407.
Batson, C. D., Flink, C. H., Schoenrade, P. A., Fultz, J., & Pych, V. (1986). Religious
orientation and overt versus covert racial prejudice. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 50, 175-181.
Batson, C. D., Bolen, M. H., Cross, J. A., & Neuringer-Benefiel, H. E. (1986). Where is the
altruism in the altruistic personality? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
50, 212-220.
Fultz, J., Batson, C. D., Fortenbach, V. A., McCarthy, P. M., & Varney, L. L. (1986). Social
evaluation and the empathy-altruism hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 50, 761-769.
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Batson, C. D. (1986). An agenda item for psychology of religion: Getting respect. Journal
of Psychology and Christianity, 5, 6-11.
Schoenrade, P. A., Batson, C. D., Brandt, J. R., & Loud, R. E., Jr. (1986). Attachment,
accountability, and motivation to benefit another not in distress. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 557-563.
Batson, C. D., Fultz, J., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1987). Distress and empathy: Two
qualitatively distinct vicarious emotions with different motivational consequences.
Journal of Personality, 55, 19-40.
Batson, C. D. (1987). Prosocial motivation: Is it ever truly altruistic? In L. Berkowitz
(Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 20, pp. 65-122). New
York: Academic Press.
Batson, C. D., Fultz, J., Schoenrade, P. A., & Paduano, A. (1987). Critical self-reflection
and self-perceived altruism: When self-reward fails. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 53, 594-602.
Batson, C. D., Fultz, J., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1987). Adults’ emotional reactions to the
distress of others. In N. Eisenberg & J. Strayer (Eds.), Empathy and its development
(pp. 163-184). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Batson, C. D. (1987). Self-report ratings of empathic emotion. In N. Eisenberg & J. Strayer
(Eds.), Empathy and its development (pp. 356-360). New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Batson, C. D., Dyck, J. L., Brandt, J. R., Batson, J. G., Powell, A. L., McMaster, M. R., &
Griffitt, C. (1988). Five studies testing two new egoistic alternatives to the empathyaltruism hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 52-77.
Batson, C. D. (1989). Personal values, moral principles, and a three-path model of prosocial
motivation. In N. Eisenberg et al. (Eds.), Social and moral values: Individual and
societal perspectives (pp. 213-228). Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum Associates.
Batson, C. D., Batson, J. G., Griffitt, C. A., Barrientos, S., Brandt, J. R., Sprengelmeyer, P.,
& Bayly, M. J. (1989). Negative-state relief and the empathy-altruism hypothesis.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 922-933.
Batson, C. D., Oleson, K. C., Weeks, J. L., Healy, S. P., Reeves, P. J., Jennings, P., &
Brown, T. (1989). Religious prosocial motivation: Is it altruistic or egoistic?
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 873-884.
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Batson, C. D. (1990). Affect and altruism. In B. S. Moore & A. M. Isen (Eds.), Affect and
social behavior, (pp. 89-125). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Batson, C. D. (1990). How social an animal?: The human capacity for caring. American
Psychologist, 45, 336-346.
Batson, C. D., & Flory, J. D. (1990). Goal-relevant cognitions associated with helping by
individuals high on intrinsic, end religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion, 29, 346-360.
Batson, C. D. (1990). Good samaritans...or Priests and Levites?: Using William James as a
guide in the study of religious prosocial motivation. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 16, 758-768.
Batson, C. D., Shaw, L. L., & Slingsby, J. K. (1991). Practical implications of the empathyaltruism hypothesis: Some reflections. In H. W. Bierhoff & L. Montada (Eds.),
Altruism in social systems (pp. 27-40). Hofgrefe International.
Batson, C. D., & Oleson, K. C. (1991). Current status of the empathy-altruism hypothesis.
In M. S. Clark (Ed.), Review of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 12:
Prosocial behavior (pp. 62-85). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Batson, C. D., & Weeks, J. L. (1991). Helping. In R. M. Baron and W. G. Graziano (Eds.),
Social Psychology (pp. 352-393). New York: Holt.
Batson, C. D., & Oleson, K. C. (1991). Altruism. In the Encyclopedia of human biology
(Vol. 1, pp. 197-207). New York: Academic Press.
Batson, C. D., & Shaw, L. L. (1991). Evidence for altruism: Toward a pluralism of
prosocial motives. Psychological Inquiry, 2, 107-122.
Batson, C. D., & Shaw, L. L. (1991). Encouraging words concerning the evidence for
altruism. Psychological Inquiry, 2, 159-168.
Batson, C. D., Batson, J. G., Slingsby, J. K., Harrell, K. L., Peekna, H. M., & Todd, R. M.
(1991). Empathic joy and the empathy-altruism hypothesis. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, 61, 413-426.
Batson, C. D., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1991). Measuring religion as quest: 1) Validity
concerns. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30, 416-429.
Batson, C. D., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1991). Measuring religion as quest: 2) Reliability
concerns. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30, 430-447.
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Batson, C. D., Shaw, L. L., & Oleson, K. C. (1992). Differentiating affect, mood, and
emotion: Toward functionally based conceptual distinctions. In M. S. Clark (Ed.),
Review of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 13: Emotion (pp. 294-326).
Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Batson, C. D. (1993). Communal and exchange relationships: What is the difference?
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 677-683.
Batson, C. D. (1993). Experimental tests for the existence of altruism. Philosophy of
Science, 1992, Vol. 2, 69-78.
Batson, C. D., & Burris, C. T. (1994). Personal religion: Depressant or stimulant of
prejudice and discrimination? In M. P. Zanna & J. M. Olson (Eds.), The psychology
of prejudice: The Ontario Symposium, Vol. 7 (pp. 149-169). Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Batson, C. D. (1994). Why act for the public good: Four answers. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 20, 603-610.
Batson, C. D. (1995). Prosocial motivation: Why do we help others? In A. Tesser (Ed.),
Advanced social psychology (pp. 333-381). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Shaw, L. L., Batson, C. D., & Todd, R. M. (1994). Empathy avoidance: Forestalling
feeling for another in order to escape the motivational consequences. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 879-887.
Batson, C. D. (1994). Seeing the light: What does biology tell us about human social
behavior? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17, 610-611.
Burris, C. T., Batson, C. D., Alstaedten, M., & Stephens, K. (1994). “What a Friend . . .”:
Loneliness as a motivator of intrinsic religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion, 33, 326-334.
Batson, C. D., Turk, C. L., Shaw, L. L., & Klein, T. R. (1995). Information function of
empathic emotion: Learning that we value the other’s welfare. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 300-313.
Batson, C. D., Batson, J. G., Todd, R. M., Brummett, B. H., Shaw, L. L., & Aldeguer, C. M.
R. (1995). Empathy and the collective good: Caring for one of the others in a social
dilemma. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 619-631.
Batson, C. D., Klein, T. R., Highberger, L., & Shaw, L. L. (1995). Immorality from
empathy-induced altruism: When compassion and justice conflict. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 1042-1054.
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Batson, C. D., & Burris, C. T. (1995). Religion. In A. S. R. Manstead & M. Hewstone
(Eds.), The Blackwell dictionary of social psychology. Oxford: Blackwell.
Batson, C. D., & Weeks, J. L. (1996). Mood effects of unsuccessful helping: Another test
of the empathy-altruism hypothesis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22,
148-157.
Batson, C. D. (1996). Some disorderly thoughts about social motivation. Psychological
Inquiry, 7, 215-218.
Batson, C. D. (1996). Do prosocial motives have any business in business? Social Justice
Research, 9, 7-25.
Batson, C. D., Sympson, S. C., Hindman, J. L., Decruz, P., Todd, R. M., Weeks, J. L.,
Jennings, G., & Burris, C. T. (1996). “I’ve been there too”: Effect on empathy of
prior experience with a need. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 474482.
Batson, C. D. (1996). You take the high road. International Journal of Psychology of
Religion, 6, 159-163.
Batson, C. D. (1996). Empathy, altruism, and justice: Another perspective on partiality. In
L. Montada & M. J. Lerner (Eds.), Current concerns about justice (pp. 49-66). New
York: Plenum.
Batson, C. D., Polycarpou, M. P., Harmon-Jones, E., Imhoff, H. J., Mitchener, E. C.,
Bednar, L. L., Klein, T. R., & Highberger, L. (1997). Empathy and attitudes: Can
feeling for a member of a stigmatized group improve feelings toward the group?
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 105-118.
Batson, C. D., Kobrynowicz, D., Dinnerstein, J. L., Kampf, H. C., & Wilson, A. D. (1997).
In a very different voice: Unmasking moral hypocrisy. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 72, 1335-1348.
Batson, C. D., Early, S., & Salvarani, G. (1997). Perspective taking: Imagining how
another feels versus imagining how you would feel. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 23, 751-758.
Batson, C. D., & Oleson, K. C. (1997). Altruism. In the Encyclopedia of human biology
(2nd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 263-273). New York: Academic Press.
Batson, C. D., Sager, K., Garst, E., Kang, M., Rubchinsky, K., & Dawson, K. (1997). Is
empathy-induced helping due to self-other merging. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 73, 495-509.
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Batson, C. D. (1997). Self-other merging and the empathy-altruism hypothesis: Reply to
Neuberg et al. (1997). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 517-522.
Batson, C. D. (1998). Is there genuine altruism? In A. Nordgren & C. G. Westrin (Eds.),
Altruism, society, health care: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studies in bioethics
and research ethics 3 (pp. 21-36). Uppsala: Uppsala University Press.
Batson, C. D. (1998). Altruism and prosocial behavior. In D. Gilbert, S. Fiske, & G.
Lindzey (Eds.), The handbook of social psychology, 4th edition (Vol. 2, pp. 282316). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., Yin, J., Bedell, S. J., Johnson, J. W., Templin, C. M., &
Whiteside, A. (1999). Two threats to the common good: Self-interested egoism and
empathy-induced altruism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 3-16.
Batson, C. D., Engel, C. L., & Fridell, S. R. (1999). Value judgments: Testing the somaticmarker hypothesis using false physiological feedback. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1021-1032.
Batson, C. D., & Moran, T. (1999). Empathy-induced altruism in a Prisoner’s Dilemma.
European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 909-924.
Batson, C. D, Thompson, E. R., Seuferling, G., Whitney, H., & Strongman, J. A. (1999).
Moral hypocrisy: Appearing moral to oneself without being so. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 525-537.
Batson, C. D., Floyd, R. B., Meyer, J. M., & Winner, A. L. (1999). “And who is my
neighbor?”: Intrinsic religion as a source of universal compassion. Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion, 38, 445-457.
Batson, C. D., Bowers, M. J., Leonard, E. A., & Smith, E. C. (2000). Does personal
morality exacerbate or restrain retaliation after being harmed? Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 35-45.
Batson, C. D. (2000). Unto Others: A service . . . and a disservice. Journal of
Consciousness Studies, 7, 207-210.
Batson, C. D., & Ahmad, N. (2001). Empathy-induced altruism in a Prisoner’s Dilemma II:
What if the target of empathy has defected? European Journal of Social Psychology,
31, 25-36.
Batson, C. D., Eidelman, S. H., Higley, S. L., & Russell, S. A. (2001). “And who is my
neighbor?” II: Quest religion as a source of universal compassion. Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion, 40, 39-50.
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Batson, C. D., & Thompson, E. R. (2001). Why don’t moral people act morally?
Motivational considerations. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10, 5457.
Batson, C. D. (2002). Addressing the altruism question experimentally. In S. G. Post, L. G.
Underwood, J. P. Schloss, & W. B. Hurlbut (Eds.), Altruism and altruistic love:
Science, philosophy, and religion in dialogue (pp. 89-105). New York: Oxford
University Press.
Batson, C. D. (2002). Justice motivation and moral motivation. In M. Ross & D. T. Miller
(Eds.), The justice motive in everyday life (pp. 91-106). New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., & Tsang, J. (2002). Four motives for community involvement.
Journal of Social Issues, 58, 429-445.
Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., Lishner, D. A., & Tsang, J. (2002). Empathy and altruism. In C.
R. Snyder & S. L. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (pp. 485-498).
New York: Oxford University Press.
Batson, C. D., Thompson, E. R., & Chen, H. (2002). Moral hypocrisy: Addressing some
alternatives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 330-339.
Batson, C. D., Chang, J., Orr, R., & Rowland, J. (2002). Empathy, attitudes, and action:
Can feeling for a member of a stigmatized group motivate one to help the group?
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1656-1666.
Batson, C. D., & Powell, A. A. (2003). Altruism and prosocial behavior. In T. Millon & M.
J. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology, Volume 5: Personality and social
psychology (pp. 463-484). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Batson, C. D., Van Lange, P. A. M., Ahmad, N., & Lishner, D. A. (2003). Altruism and
helping behavior. In M. A. Hogg & J. Cooper (Eds.), Sage handbook of social
psychology (pp. 279-295). London: Sage Publications.
Batson, C. D., Lishner, D. A., Carpenter, A., Dulin, L., Harjusola-Webb, S., Stocks, E. L.,
Gale, S., Hassan, O., & Sampat, B. (2003). “As you would have them do unto you”:
Does imagining yourself in the other’s place stimulate moral action? Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1190-1201.
Batson, C. D. (2003). Prisoner’s dilemma. In M. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, & T. F. Liao
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of research methods for the social sciences. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications.
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Batson, C. D., Lishner, D. A., & Stocks, E. L. (2003). Human altruism. In J. Odling-Smee
(Section Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (Vol. 2, pp. 374-377). London:
Macmillan.
Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., & Stocks, E. L. (2004). Benefits and liabilities of empathyinduced altruism. In A. G. Miller (Ed.), The social psychology of good and evil (pp.
359-385). New York: Guilford Press.
Batson, C. D., & Stocks, E. L. (2004). Religion: Its core psychological functions. In J.
Greenberg, S. L. Koole, & T. Pyszczynski (Eds.), Handbook of experimental
existential psychology (pp. 141-155). New York: Guilford Press.
Batson, C. D., Lishner, D. A., Cook, J., & Sawyer, S. (2005). Similarity and nurturance:
Two possible sources of empathy for strangers. Basic and Applied Social
Psychology, 27, 15-25.
Batson, C. D., & Stocks, E. L. (2005). Religion and prejudice. In J. F. Dovidio, P. S. Glick,
& L. Rudman (Eds.), On the nature of prejudice: Fifty years after Allport (pp. 413427). Oxford: Blackwell.
Batson, C. D. (2005). Seven possible social-psychological wisdoms. Psychological Inquiry,
16, 152-157.
Batson, C. D., Anderson, S. L., & Collins, E (2005). Personal religion and prosocial
motivation. In M. H. Maehr & S. A. Karabenick (Eds.), Advances in motivation and
achievement, Vol. 14: Motivation and religion (pp. 151-185). Greenwich, CT: JAI
Press.
Batson, C. D. (2006). Folly bridges. In P. A. M. Van Lange (Ed.), Bridging social
psychology: Benefits of transdisciplinary approaches (pp. 59-64). Mahwah, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Batson, C. D., Collins, E., & Powell, A. A. (2006). Doing business after the Fall: The
virtue of moral hypocrisy. Journal of Business Ethics, 66, 321-335.
Batson, C. D. (2006). “Not all is self-interest after all”: Economics of empathy-induced
altruism. In D. De Cremer, M. Zeelenberg, & J. K. Murnighan (Eds.), Social
psychology and economics (pp. 281-299). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
Batson, C. D. (2006). Orchestrating prosocial motives. In D. L. Rhode (Ed.), Moral
leadership: The theory and practice of power, judgment, and policy (pp. 197-212).
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Batson, C. D. (2006). SIT or STAND? Psychological Inquiry, 17, 30-35.
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Lamm, C., Batson, C. D., & Decety, J. (2007). The neural substrate of human empathy:
Effects of perspective-taking and cognitive appraisal. Journal of Cognitive
Neuroscience, 19, 42-58.
Batson, C. D., Eklund, J. H., Chermok, V. L., Hoyt, J. L., & Ortiz, B. G. (2007). An
additional antecedent of empathic concern: Valuing the welfare of the person in
need. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 65-74.
Batson, C. D., Kennedy, C. L., Nord, L.-A., Stocks, E. L., Fleming, D. A., Marzette, C. M.,
Lishner, D. A., Hayes, R. E., Kolchinsky, L. M., & Zerger, T. (2007). Anger at
unfairness: Is it moral outrage? European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 12721285.
Decety, J., & Batson, C. D. (2007). Social neuroscience approaches to interpersonal
sensitivity. Social Neuroscience, 2, 151-157.
Batson, C. D., Van Lange, P. A. M., Ahmad, N., & Lishner, D. A. (2007). Altruism and
helping behavior. In M. A. Hogg & J. Cooper (Eds.), Sage handbook of social
psychology: Concise student edition (pp. 241-258). London: Sage Publications.
Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., Powell, A. A., & Stocks, E. L. (2008). Prosocial motivation. In
J. Shah & W. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of motivational science (pp. 135-149). New
York: Guilford.
Batson, C. D., Denton, D. M., & Vollmecke, J. T. (2008). Quest religion, antifundamentalism, and limited versus universal compassion. Journal for the Scientific
Study of Religion, 47, 135-145.
Batson, C. D. (2008). Moral masquerades: Experimental exploration of the nature of moral
motivation. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences (Special Issue on “Moral
Phenomenology” ed. By Uriah Kriegel), 7, 51-66.
Batson, C. D., Chao, M. C., & Givens, J. M. (2009). Pursuing moral outrage: Anger at
torture. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 155-160.
Batson, C. D. (2009). These things called empathy: Eight related but distinct phenomena.
In J. Decety & W. Ickes (Eds.), The social neuroscience of empathy (pp. 3-15).
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Batson, C. D. (2009). Two forms of perspective taking: Imagining how another feels and
imagining how you would feel. In K. D. Markman, W. M. Klein, & J. A. Suhr
(Eds.), Handbook of imagination and mental simulation (pp. 267-279). New York:
Psychology Press.
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Batson, C. D., & Anderson, S. L. (in press). Prosocial fruits of religion. In D. M. Wulff
(Ed.), Handbook of psychology of religion. New York: Oxford University Press.
Collins, E., & Batson, C. D. (in press). Moral hypocrisy. In R. F. Baumeister (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of social psychology. Seven Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., & Lishner, D. A. (in press). Empathy and altruism. In C. R.
Snyder & S. L. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (2nd ed.). New York:
Oxford University Press.
Batson, C. D. (in press). Altruism. In D. Sander & K. R. Scherer (Eds.), Oxford companion
to the affective sciences. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Batson, C. D. (in press). Compassion. In D. Sander & K. R. Scherer (Eds.), Oxford
companion to the affective sciences. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Decety, J., & Batson, C. D. (in press). Empathy and morality: Integrating social and
neuroscience approaches. In J. Verplaetse, S. Vanneste, D. De Ridder, J. De
Schrijver, & J. Braeckman (Eds.), The moral brain. New York: Springer Press.
Batson, C. D., Ahmad, N., & Stocks, E. L. (in press). Four forms of prosocial motivation:
Egoism, altruism, collectivism, and principlism. In D. Dunning (Ed.), Handbook of
social motivation. New York: Psychology Press.
Batson, C. D., & Ahmad, N. Y. (in press). Empathy-induced altruism: A threat to the
common good. In S. R. Thye & E. J. Lawler (Eds.), Altruism and prosocial behavior
in groups, a special volume of Advances in Group Processes. New York: Elsevier.
Batson, C. D. (in press). Empathy-induced altruistic motivation. In M. Mikulincer & P.
Shaver (Eds.), Prosocial motives, emotions, and behavior. Washington, DC: APA
Publications.
d. Invited Talks, Addresses, Colloquia—U.S.
Batson, C. D. (1979, April). Altruism: Does it exist? Colloquium, University of California
--Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.
Batson, C. D. (1981, April). Dispositional bias in trained therapists’ diagnoses.
Colloquium, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota.
Batson, C. D. (1981, November). Is helping ever truly altruistic? Invited talk, Society of
Experimental Social Psychology Convention, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Batson, C. D. (1982, November). Personal distress and empathy: Distinct vicarious
emotions with different motivational consequences. Invited talk, Society of
Experimental Social Psychology, Bloomington, Indiana.
Batson, C. D., & Fultz, J. (1983, September). Self-perceived altruism: A stimulus to
prosocial behavior that may also be a stumbling block. Invited talk, Conference on
Social Cognition and Interpersonal Behavior, Lawrence, Kansas.
Batson, C. D. (1984, March). Does religion make people color blind? Invited talk,
University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Batson, C. D. (1985, October). Prosocial motivation: Is it ever truly altruistic?
Colloquium, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Batson, C. D. (1985, December). Why do we help: Egoism or altruism? Colloquium,
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
Batson, C. D. (1986, April). Prosocial motivation: Is it ever truly altruistic? Colloquium,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Batson, C. D. (1987, February). Does religion make people color blind? Invited talk,
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Batson, C. D. (1987, April). Prosocial motivation: Is it ever truly altruistic? Invited talk,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Batson, C. D. (1987, April). Beyond selfishness: In search of human altruism. Colloquium,
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Batson, C. D. (1987, April). Prosocial motivation: Is it ever truly altruistic? Invited talk,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Batson, C. D. (1987, May). Prosocial motivation: Is it ever truly altruistic? Invited talk,
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.
Batson, C. D. (1987, May). Prosocial motivation: Is it ever truly altruistic? Invited talk,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Batson, C. D. (1987, October). The empathy-altruism hypothesis...and the egoistic
alternatives. Invited talk, Society of Experimental Social Psychology Convention,
Charlottesville, Virginia.
Batson, C. D. (1988, August). Good Samaritans...or Priests and Levites: Does intrinsic
religion evoke altruistic motivation? Invited address at American Psychological
Association Convention on receipt of William James Award, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Batson, C. D. (1989, May). How social an animal?: The human capacity for caring. Invited
address at Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
Batson, C. D. (1989, September). Good Samaritans . . . or priests and Levites: Does
religion breed concern for others or self-concern? Invited public lecture, Hope
College, Holland, Michigan.
Batson, C. D. (1989, September). Good Samaritans . . . or priests and Levites: Does
religion breed concern for others or self-concern? Invited lecture, Calvin College,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Batson, C. D. (1990, April). Current status of the empathy-altruism hypothesis.
Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Batson, C. D. (1991, March). How social an animal?: The human capacity for caring.
Keynote address at Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention, Bethany College,
Lindsbourg, Kansas.
Batson, C. D. (1991, April). Current status of the empathy-altruism hypothesis.
Colloquium, New York University, New York, New York.
Batson, C. D. (1991, October). Empathic emotion evokes altruistic motivation: So what?
Research talk, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Batson, C. D. (1992, January). Some implications of empathy-induced altruism.
Colloquium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Batson, C. D. (1992, February). Where is the altruism in the altruistic personality? Invited
talk, Student Volunteers Council, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Batson, C. D. (1992, April). Altruism in action: Some problems. Presentation at Altruism
Symposium sponsored by Student Volunteers Council, Princeton University,
Princeton, New Jersey.
Batson, C. D. (1994, August). Does prosocial motivation have any business in business?
Conference on Behavioral Research and Business Ethics, Kellogg Graduate School
of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Batson, C. D. (1995, November). Immoral altruism. Colloquium, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio.
Batson, C. D. (1996, April). Using empathy to improve attitudes toward a stigmatized
group. Colloquium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
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Batson, C. D. (1996, November). The irresponsible self: Two risky remedies. Visiting
Scholar lecture at William Jewell College, Liberty, MO.
Batson, C. D. (1998, May). A naive analysis of prosocial motivation: Trying to catch up
with Heider. Society of Personality and Social Psychology Preconference,
Washington, DC.
Batson, C. D. (1999, October). Why act for the common good? Invited address at 35th
Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Medicine and Religion: “Healthy
Communities,” University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO.
Batson, C. D. (2001, April). Altruism in humans. University Lecture at University of
Wisconsin, Madison.
Batson, C. D. (2001, April). Why do we care for (some) others: Similarity or nurturance?
Colloquium, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Batson, C. D. (2001, October). Moral masquerades. Colloquium, Cornell University.
Batson, C. D. (2002, May). Moral masquerades. Colloquium, Princeton University.
Batson, C. D. (2002, September). Moral masquerades. Colloquium, Wichita State
University.
Batson, C. D. (2002, October). So what if altruism exists? Colloquium, University of
California—Davis.
Batson, C. D. (2004, October). “Not all self-interest after all”: Economics of empathyinduced altruism. Invited paper presented at Conference on Social Psychology and
Economics, Evanston, IL.
Batson, C. D. (2005, Feburary). Moral leadership and the orchestration of prosocial
motives. Invited paper presented at Conference on Moral Leadership, Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA.
Batson, C. D. (2005, April). Altruism in humans. Public lecture, St, Thomas University, St.
Paul, MN.
Batson, C. D. (2005, June). Survey participation as helping behavior. Presented at NSF
Sponsored Belmont Conference on Survey Participation, Baltimore, MD.
Batson, C. D. (2005, November). Moral masquerades. Invited paper presented at
Conference on Moral Phenomenology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
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Batson, C. D. (2006, February). Moral masquerades. Presentation to Social Psychology
Research Group, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Batson, C. D. (2006, March). Survey participation as prosocial behavior. Presented at U.S.
Census Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Batson, C. D. (2006, April). Moral masquerades. Presented at Center for Decision
Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Batson, C. D. (2006, April). Additional data relevant to the empathy-altruism hypothesis.
Presented at graduate seminar on Experimental Philosophy, Department of
Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Batson, C. D. (2006, April). Moral masquerades. Presented at Columbia Business School,
New York, NY.
Batson, C. D. (2007, January). Anger at unfairness: Is it moral outrage? Presented at
Justice Pre-Conference at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference,
Memphis, TN.
Batson, C. D. (2007, February). Moral masquerades. Presented to Motivation and Emotion
Research Group, University of Alabama—Birmingham.
Batson, C. D. (2007, April). Moral motivation: Integrity or hypocrisy? RMPA
Distinguished Lecture presented at the annual meeting of Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association.
Batson, C. D. (2007, November). Empathic concern and altruism in humans. Presented at
Conference on “The Human & the Humanities” at the National Humanities Center,
Research Triangle Park, NC.
Batson, C. D. (2008, March). Altriusm in humans. Presented at Western Kentucky
University, Bowling Green, KY.
e. Invited Talks, Addresses, Colloquia—International
Batson, C. D. (1979, March). Some experimental evidence for altruistic motivation for
helping. Invited talk, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
Batson, C. D. (1982, November). Beyond selfishness: Building a case for human altruism.
Invited talk, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Batson, C. D. (1982, November). Is religion personally liberating or enslaving? Invited
talk, Centre for Religious Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Batson, C. D. (1982, November). Beyond selfishness: Building a case for human altruism.
Colloquium, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Batson, C. D. (1982, November). Does religion breed Good Samaritans or priests and
Levites? Invited public lecture, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Batson, C. D. (1984, November). A three-path model of prosocial motivation. Invited talk,
Conference on Social and Moral Values, Warsaw, Poland.
Batson, C. D. (1984, November). Prosocial motivation: Is it ever truly altruistic? Invited
talk, Max Plank Institute, Munich, Germany.
Batson, C. D. (1985, September). What hath God Wrought?: Human nature from a socialpsychological perspective. Invited public lecture series, St. Paul University, Ottowa,
Ontario, Canada.
Batson, C. D. (1989, June). Current status of the empathy-altruism hypothesis. Invited talk,
Oxford University, Oxford, England.
Batson, C. D., & Burris, C. T. (1991, June). Personal religion: Depressant or stimulant of
prejudice and discrimination? Invited talk, Ontario Symposium, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Batson, C. D. (1993, July). Empathy, Altruism, and Justice: Another Perspective on
Partiality. Invited talk, IV International Conference on Social Justice, Trier,
Germany.
Batson, C. D. (1996, May). Is there genuine altruism? Keynote address, Conference on
Altruism, Society, and Health Care, Uppsala, Sweden.
Batson, C. D. (1996, May). Is there genuine altruism? Colloquium, Department of
Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Batson, C. D. (1998, April). Altruism as a source of immorality: When prosocial motives
conflict. Colloquium, Department of Social Psychology, Free University of
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Batson, C. D. (2001, March). Empathy-induced altruism: Some implications. Colloquium,
Departamento de Psicologia Social y Metodologia, Universidad Autonoma de
Madrid, Spain.
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Batson, C. D. (2003, May). So what if altruism exists? Psi Chi Distinguished Lecture,
Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, B. C.
Batson, C. D. (2006, June). Moral masquerades. Colloquium, Departamento de Psicologia
Social y Metodologia, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.
Batson, C. D. (2006, June). Moral motivation: Integrity or hypocrisy? Keynote address at
conference on Prosocial Motivation and Behavior, Swiss Center for Affective
Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Batson, C. D. (2007, June). The naked emperor: Seeking a more plausible genetic basis for
psychological altruism. Presented at interdisciplinary workshop on altruism, St.
Gallen, Switzerland.
Batson, C. D. (2007, October). Moral masquerades. Hunsberger Memorial Lecture, Wilfird
Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario.
Batson, C. D. (2008, March). Empathy-induced altruistic motivation. Presented at
Inaugural Herzliya Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology on “Prosocial
Motives, Emotions, and Behavior at The New School of Psychology,
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel.
Batson, C. D. (2008, June). Psychological antecedents of empathy-induced altruism.
Presented at International Symposium “Foundations of Human Social Behavior” at
the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Batson, C. D. (2008, July). Altruism—a psychological perspective. Presented at the 2008
Cognitive Science Institute on “Minds and Societies” at the University of Quebec at
Montreal, Quebec.
f. Papers in Psychology
Snyder, C. R., & Batson, C. D. (1974, May). Balanced interpersonal perception of
differences and similarities: A model of psychological spacing. Paper presented at
Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco.
Harris, A. C., Batson, C. D., & Harris, R. M. (1975, August). When need is ignored:
Reactance or impotence in helping? Paper presented at American Psychological
Association Convention, Chicago.
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Sherrard, P. A. D., & Batson, C. D. (1976, April). Client and counselor perception of the
client's problem: An attributional analysis of initial assessment. Paper presented at
the American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention, Chicago.
Batson, C. D. (1976, September). Experimental psychology of religion: An impossible
dream. Paper presented at American Psychological Association Convention,
Washington.
Batson, C. D., Jones, C., & Cochran, P. J. (1976, September). Attributional bias in
premediated helping: The effect of resources on perception of need. Paper
presented at American Psychological Association Convention, Washington.
Coke, J. S., & Batson, C. D. (1976, September). Buying kindness: Effect of monetary
reward on perceived altruism. Paper presented at American Psychological
Association Convention, Washington.
Coke, J. S., & Batson, C. D. (1977, August). A dose of kindness: Empathic arousal and
helping. Paper presented at American Psychological Association Convention, San
Francisco.
Batson, C. D., Naifeh, S. J., & Pate S. (1977, August). Social desirability, religious
orientation, and racial prejudice. Paper presented at American Psychological
Association Convention, San Francisco.
Batson, C. D. (1978, August). Religion and biological bases of human altruism: A mixed
blessing. Paper presented at American Psychological Association Convention,
Toronto.
Batson, C. D. (1982, May). Toward a theory of altruistic motivation. Paper presented at
Nags Head Conference on Prosocial Behavior.
Ventis, W. L., Batson, C. D., & Burke, D. (1982, August). Religious orientation and selfactualization: A psychometric study. Paper presented at American Psychological
Association Convention, Washington, D.C.
Batson, C. D., Fultz, J., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1984, August). Distress and empathy: Two
qualitatively distinct vicarious emotions with different motivational consequences.
Paper presented at American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto.
Batson, C. D., Bolen, M. H., Cross, J. A., & Neuringer-Benefiel, H. E. (1984, August).
Where is the altruism in the altruistic personality? Paper presented at American
Psychological Association Convention, Toronto.
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Dyck, J. L., & Batson, C. D. (1988, April). Another look at the altruism in the altruistic
personality. Paper presented at Midwest Sociological Association Convention, St.
Louis, Missouri.
Batson, C. D. (1989, May). The empathy-altruism relationship: A reconception. Paper
presented at Nags Head Conference on Prosocial Behavior, Nags Head, North
Carolina.
Batson, C. D., & Dyck, J. L. (1989, August). Goal-relevant cognitions associated with the
religious-helping relationship. Paper presented at the American Psychological
Association Convention, New Orleans, Lousiana.
Batson, C. D. (1991, November). Prosocial motivation in communal relationships:
Altruistic or egoistic? Paper presented at the Southeastern Society of Social
Psychologists, Jacksonville, Florida.
Batson, C. D., Burris, C. T., Wagoner, K. C., & Wolgast, B. M. (1991, November). Is
intrinsic religion used to meet personal needs. Paper presented at the Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Burris, C. T, Batson, C. D., & Wagoner, K. C. (1992, October). Effect of esteem threat on
extrinsic and intrinsic religion. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific
Study of Religion Convention, Washington, DC.
Batson, C. D. (1996, April). Caring for killers: Using empathy to improve attitudes toward
a highly stigmatized group. Paper presented at conference of Social Psychologists
Around Missouri, Lawrence, Kansas.
Batson, C. D. (1996, October). Caring for killers: Using empathy to improve attitudes
toward a highly stigmatized group. Paper presented at conference of the Society of
Experimental Social Psychology, Sturbridge, MA.
Batson, C. D. (1999, October). Addressing the altruism question experimentally. Paper
presented at conference sponsored by the Templeton Foundation and Fetzer Institute
on “Empathy, Altruism, and Agape: Perspectives on Love in Science and Religion,”
Cambridge, MA.
Batson, C. D. (2000, October). What happens to our self when we care for others? Paper
presented at Self Preconference to Society of Experimental Social Psychology
Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Batson, C. D., Tsang, J., & Thompson, E. A. (2001). Moral hypocrisy or moral integrity?
Paper presented at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference, San
Antonio, TX.
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g. Articles and Chapters in Religion
Batson, C. D. (1966). Christianity and sexual deviation: Responsible attitude and action.
Dimension: Theology in Church and World, 1 (1), 43-59.
Batson, C. D. (1967). Value and commitment for modern man: None or new? Dimension,
4 (2), 52-71.
Batson, C. D. (1967). The effect of cognitive dissonance on a stated religious belief.
Dimension, 5 (1), 52-73.
Batson, C. D. (1971). How far does one teach the truth which admits of being learned?:
Toward a model of education for creative growth. Religious Education, 64, 180-191.
Batson, C. D., & Wyckoff, D. C. (1973). An alternative model for ministerial education.
Theological Education, 9, 100-111.
Batson, C. D. (1974). Creative religious growth and preformal religious education.
Religious Education, 69, 302-315.
h. Papers in Religion
Batson, C. D. (1983, May). The Christian educator visits the foundation disciplines: Three
images. Paper presented at Colloquium in Honor of D. C. Wyckoff, Princeton
Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey.
i. Educational Materials
Study questions for Elliot Aronson's The social animal. San Francisco: W. H.
Freeman, 1973.
j. Book Reviews
Culley, K. B. (Ed.). Does the church know how to teach? Reviewed for Religious
Education, 1970, 65, 521-522.
Miller, R. C. The language gap and God. Reviewed for Princeton Seminary Bulletin, 1971,
64, 108-110.
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Browning, D. S. Generative man: Psychoanalytic perspectives. Reviewed for Religious
Education, 1974, 69, 510-511.
Shamueli, Adi. The tower of Babel: Identity and sanity. Reviewed for Contemporary
Psychology, 1978.
Maloney, H. N. (Ed.) Psychology and faith: The Christian experience of eighteen
psychologists. Reviewed for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1980, 19,
220.
Stotland, E., Matthews, K. E., Sherman, S.E., Hansson, R. O., & Richardson, B. Z.
Empathy, fantasy and helping. Reviewed for Contemporary Psychology, 1981, 26,
687-688.
Deconchy, J. P. Orthodoxie religieuse et sciences humaines suive de (Religious) orthodoxy,
rationality, and scientific knowledge. Reviewed for Journal for the Scientific Study
of Religion, 1983.
Vergote, A., & Tamayo, A. The Parental figures and the representation of God. Reviewed
for Religious Studies Review, 1983.
Derlega, V., & Grzelak, J. (Eds.) Cooperation and helping behavior: Theories and
research. Reviewed for Contemporary Psychology, 1983, 28, 617-619.
DePaulo, B.M., Nadler, A., & Fisher, J. D. (Eds.). New directions in helping, Volume 2:
Help seeking. Reviewed for Contemporary Psychology, 1985, 30, 954-956.
Nadler, A., Fisher, J. D., & DePaulo, B.M. (Eds.), New directions in helping, Volume 3:
Applied perspectives on help-seeking and receiving. Reviewed for Contemporary
Psychology, 1985, 30, 954-956.
Ullman, C. The transformed self: The psychology of religious conversion. Reviewed for
Contemporary Sociology, 1990, 19, 737.
Latané, B., & Darley, J. M. The unresponsive bystander: Why doesn't he help?
Retrospective review for Contemporary Psychology, 1994, 39, 941-943.
Ickes, W. (Ed.) Empathic accuracy. Reviewed for Journal of Social and Clinical
Psychology, 1998, 17, 124-126.
Schroeder, D. A., Penner, L. A., Dovidio, J. F., & Piliavin, J. A. The psychology of helping
and altruism: Problems and puzzles. Reviewed for Contemporary Psychology,
1998, 43, 108-109.
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Emmons, R. A. The psychology of ultimate concerns: Motivation and spirituality in
personality. Reviewed for The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
i. Unpublished Research Reports
Batson, C. D. (1973). Social security workers as referral agents: Report of a simulation
study. (Evaluation research report prepared for and submitted to the Social Security
Administration, District Office, Trenton, New Jersey.)
Batson, C. D. (1973). Comparative analysis of lay volunteer “Hotline” listeners as referral
agents: Report of a simulation study. (Evaluation research report prepared for and
submitted to the Council of Community Services, Princeton, New Jersey.)
Batson, C. D., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1985). Test-retest reliability of six religious orientation
scales.
Research Support Received
1970-1972 Partial support from NSF Institutional Research Grant awarded to Princeton
Theological Seminary.
1972-1974 K.U. General Research Fund Grant #3285-5038, “The influences of a helper’s
perception of his role and of available resources on his perception of need in a
helping situation.” $4,392.00
1973-1974 Innovation in Instruction program of the K.U. Endowment Association Grant
#71-2294, “Low-cost, individualized learning in the context of a large lecture
course.” $2,330.00
1974-1975 Biomedical Sciences Support Grant #4125-5706-9, “Influence of helping
institutions on individuals’ social needs.” $1,400.00
1974-1975 K.U. General Research Fund Grant #3591-5038, “Influence of helping
institutions on individuals’ responses to social needs.” $1,350.00
1975-1976 K.U. General Research Fund Grant #3062-5038, “Effects of extrinsic reward on
intrinsic motivation for helping others.” $3,320.00
1977-1978 K.U. General Research Fund Grant #3198-5038, “Undermining service
professionals’ motivation to help clients.” $2,000.00
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1982-1983 K.U. General Research Fund Grant #3472-X0-0038, “Effect of self-concern on
altruistic motivation for helping others.” $2,624.00.
1983-1984 K.U. General Research Fund Grant #3472-X0-0038, “Testing on alternative
explanation for the empathy-altruism hypothesis.” $5,527.00.
1984-1985 K.U. General Research Fund Grant #3527-X0-0038, “Empathic emotion and
helping behavior in response to growth needs.” $5,708.00
1985-1989 National Science Foundation Grant #BNS-8507110, “Is Empathic Emotion a
Source of Altruistic Motivation?” $190,475.00.
1987-1988 National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Experience Supplement
for BNS-850711. $7,938
1989-1994 National Science Foundation Grant #BNS-8906723, “The Empathy-Altruism
Relationship: Psychological Antecedents.” $207,923.00.
1994-1997 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center Grant, “Empathy
and Coping Following a Natural Disaster.” $2,810.00. (Approved for possible
funding; appropriate natural disaster never occurred)
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John M. Darley
Department of Psychology
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
John F. Dovidio
Department of Psychology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Jack W. Brehm
Department of Psychology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045