War's Enduring Effects on the Development of Egalitarian Motivations and In-Group Biases

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-57

  Bauer, Michal ^a   Cassar, Alessandra ^b   Chytilová, Julie ^a   Henrich, Joseph ^c,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

childhood development; cooperation; economic experiment; egalitarianism; evolutionary psychology; intergroup competition; parochialism; social behavior; war

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GROUP PROCESSES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891946799     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613493444     Document Type: Article

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