Intergroup bias in third-party punishment stems from both ingroup favoritism and outgroup discrimination

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 169-175

  Schiller, Bastian ^a   Baumgartner, Thomas ^a   Knoch, Daria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ingroup favoritism; Intergroup bias; Outgroup discrimination; Outgroup hostility; Punishment motives; Third party punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897965879     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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