Are you a selfish partner? Before you answer, keep in mind there is a difference between being selfish and being labeled as “selfish” because our actions do not please or benefit someone else. If you ...

We are living in an age of selfishness. Many of us noticed an increase in selfish behavior during the early days of the pandemic. At the time, we may have written it off as a flash in the pan that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Being selfish has a bad reputation. We’re often taught from an ...

The concept of selfishness has been debated across philosophy, psychology, and biology. Is selfishness inherently destructive, or does it serve a necessary purpose? From an evolutionary perspective, ...

Selfishness gets a bad rep in most situations, but there are times when we really need it. Here are 3 steps to become just a ‘little’ more selfish. We often see selflessness and sacrifice being ...

New research shows that a person's own behavior is the primary driver of how they treat others during brief, zero-sum-game competitions. Generous people tend to reward generous behavior and selfish ...

Let's get one thing straight: narcissism is a specific thing. It’s a clinical term, a personality disorder that wreaks havoc in the lives of those who are unlucky enough to be caught in its orbit. But ...

Selfishness often receives a bad rap, usually associated with greed, narcissism, or moral failure. However, is it always destructive, or could it serve an evolutionary and ethical purpose? As our ...

Did selfishness — or sharing — drive human evolution? Evolutionary theorists have traditionally focused on competition and the ruthlessness of natural selection, but often they have failed to consider ...