There seems to be a reason the wealthier and more conservative Americans aren’t as sympathetic to the plights of others, they can’t seem to recognize emotions or empathize with others. So says the latest study from Psychological Science.
The wealthy don’t need to rely on others for help, the study determined, and so their people skills have atrophied.
"They’re less concerned and less perceptive of other people’s needs and wishes," said study co-author Michael Kraus, according to MSNBC. "They show a deficit in empathic accuracy."
In the study, people with more education and from wealthier backgrounds had more difficulty interpreting pictures of faces. While "lower-class" people tended to correctly identify emotions, "upper-class" people had trouble.
