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Preferences and beliefs in ingroup favouritism
Ingroup favouritism – the tendency to favour members of one’s own group over those in other groups – is well documented, but the mechanisms driving this behavior are not well understood.
Jim Albert Charlton Everett +3 more
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Narrative candour: Learning from diverse stories of imperfect medical practice
Abstract Introduction Medical training often induces stress and burnout, exacerbated by competition and imposter syndrome, which can collectively contribute to trainee distress. Drawing from narrative theories, this conceptual paper examines how myths of the heroic doctor and discourses of exceptionalism contribute to this distress, suggesting that ...
Margaret Bearman +2 more
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The development of ingroup favoritism in repeated social dilemmas
In two comprehensive and fully incentivized studies, we investigate the development of ingroup favoritism as one of two aspects of parochial altruism in repeated social dilemmas. Specifically, we test whether ingroup favoritism is a fixed phenomenon that
Angela Rachael Dorrough +5 more
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Abstract Can displays of charity capacity cues paradoxically harm charities' fundraising efforts? Six pre‐registered studies provide evidence of a charity capacity curse whereby donors penalize charities for displaying capacity cues, such as human resources capacity, organizational capacity, and financial capacity cues. This curse occurs because donors
Lijun (Shirley) Zhang +3 more
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Respatializing Toxic Harm: The Case Against Sacrifice Zones
ABSTRACT Describing heavily polluted areas as “sacrifice zones” has become commonplace in recent decades, as diverse groups resist their unwitting exposure to destructive and toxic industrial, municipal, and military activities. However, pollutants tend to seep, spill, leak, and drift from wherever they are concentrated, defying any notion of physical ...
Kimberley Anh Thomas +2 more
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Humans reciprocate by discriminating against group peers [PDF]
Motivated by cycles of intergroup revenge in real-world conflicts, we experimentally test the hypothesis that humans practice group-based reciprocity: if someone harms or helps them, they harm or help other members of that person's group. Subjects played
Hugh-Jones, David +2 more
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Nations as Natural Families: From Kin Selection to Multilevel Selection
ABSTRACT In nationalism studies, nations are often viewed as artificial constructs. By contrast, many sociobiologists see nations as natural families or kin groups. They explain altruism and shared ancestry among co‐nationals through kin selection theory, which accounts for altruism towards close genetic relatives. In this article, we refine and deepen
Filipe Nobre Faria, Sandra Dzenis
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Transatlantic Anti‐Catholicism and Sexual Scandal: The Case of Mgr. Thomas John Capel
This article investigates the public scandal that enveloped a famous English priest who was living in the United States. Monsignor Thomas John Capel (1836–1911) was one of the stars of the English Church in the Victorian era. Following a disciplinary process for breaking his vow of chastity, the Vatican dispatched him to America, where in 1886 he was ...
Timothy Verhoeven
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Cooperation, Punishment, Emergence of Government, and the Tragedy of Authorities [PDF]
Under the conditions prevalent in the late Pleistocene epoch (small hunter-gatherer groups and frequent inter-group conflicts), coevolution of gene-related behavior and culturally transmitted group-level institutions provides a plausible explanation ...
Aguirre, Carlos, Vilela Mendes, Rui
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