Religion and prosocial behavior among the Indo-Fijians

Previous research has claimed that world religions can extend the in-group beyond local and ethnic boundaries to form larger multi-ethnic groups, expanding human societies. Two experiments were run in Fiji to test religion’s ability to expand group boundaries. Experiment 1 employed a religious prime...

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Main Author: Willard, Aiyana K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2018
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 227-242
Further subjects:B Evolution of cooperation
B Indo-Fijians
B Cultural Evolution
B parochial altruism
B supernatural punishment
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