How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting cooperation?
2021 Bloomington Symposia on Contagion
Do crises bring people together or pull them apart?
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We found that perceived interdependence with neighbors and with humanity increased over time on multiple measures. However, regarding cooperation, agreement with the statement that helping someone in need “is the right thing to do” decreased over time.
Would this be related to the lack of random encounters with strangers and “others”?