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| Title |
Do we harm others even if we don't need to?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00729 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
M. Paula Cacault, Lorenz Goette, Rafael Lalive, Mathias Thoenig |
| Abstract |
Evolutionary explanations of the co-existence of large-scale cooperation and warfare in human societies rest on the hypothesis of parochial altruism, the view that in-group pro-sociality and out-group anti-sociality have co-evolved. We designed an experiment that allows subjects to freely choose between actions that are purely pro-social, purely anti-social, or a combination of the two. We present behavioral evidence on the existence of strong aggression-a pattern of non-strategic behaviors that are welfare-reducing for all individuals (i.e., victims and perpetrators). We also show how strong aggression serves to dynamically stabilize in-group pro-sociality. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 42% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 17% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 35 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 32 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 29% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 14% |
| Researcher | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Professor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 13 | 37% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 9% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 7 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 June 2016.
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#7,974
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#64,099
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#171
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