An experiment on individual ‘parochial altruism’ revealing no connection between individual ‘altruism’ and individual ‘parochialism’ [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Is parochial altruism an attribute of individual behaviour? This is the question we address with an experiment. We examine whether the individual pro-sociality that is revealed in the public goods and trust games when interacting with fellow group ...
Shaun eHargreaves Heap +3 more
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Perceived inequality and variability in the expression of parochial altruism [PDF]
Evolutionary Human SciencesIt is commonly argued that humans have generalised predispositions for within-group favouritism and between-group animus (i.e. that humans are parochially altruistic), leading to higher levels of internal conflict in societies with greater diversity ...
Cody T. Ross, Anne C. Pisor
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Testosterone is associated with cooperation during intergroup competition by enhancing parochial altruism [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2015 The steroid hormone testosterone is widely associated with negative behavioral effects, such as aggression or dominance. However, recent studies applying economic exchange tasks revealed conflicting results.
Luise eReimers, Esther Kristina Diekhof
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Parochial cooperation in wild chimpanzees: a model to explain the evolution of parochial altruism. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2022 Parochial altruism, taking individual costs to benefit the in-group and harm the out-group, has been proposed as one of the mechanisms underlying the human ability of large-scale cooperation. How parochial altruism has evolved remains unclear.
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Intimate but not intimate: The perils of workplace romance in fostering knowledge sabotage
PLoS ONE, 2023 Extant research on workplace ostracism has investigated a victimization perspective to understand ostracism at the cost of examining the perpetrator-centric view of ostracism.
Jun Qiu +3 more
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Editorial: Parochial Altruism: Pitfalls and Prospects. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2016 Frontiers in psychology 7, 1004 (2016).
Rusch H, Böhm R, Herrmann B.
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Endogenous testosterone correlates with parochial altruism in relation to costly punishment in different social settings [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Testosterone plays a key role in shaping human social behavior. Recent findings have linked testosterone to altruistic behavior in economic decision tasks depending on group membership and intergroup competition.
Luise Reimers +4 more
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In Intergroup Conflict, Self-sacrifice is Stronger among Pro-social Individuals and Parochial Altruism Emerges specially among Cognitively Taxed Individuals [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Parochial altruism is decomposed in a tendency to benefit the in-group along with a tendency to ignore, derogate, and harm rivaling out-groups. Building off recent work suggesting that decisions to cooperate can be relatively fast and intuitive, we ...
Carsten K.W. De Dreu +3 more
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Does competition really bring out the worst? Testosterone, social distance and inter-male competition shape parochial altruism in human males. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Parochial altruism, defined as increased ingroup favoritism and heightened outgroup hostility, is a widespread feature of human societies that affects altruistic cooperation and punishment behavior, particularly in intergroup conflicts.
Esther Kristina Diekhof +2 more
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Ritual’s collective effervescence, awe, and social identity: psychosocial effects of the Pasto carnival [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThis study analyzes the experience of participating in the 2023 Carnaval de Negros y Blancos, a festive event that emphasizes southwestern Colombia’s African, Andean, and European traditions.MethodsWe surveyed a total of 163 participants ...
Camilo Rincón-Unigarro +12 more
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