Does Goal-Demotion Enhance Cooperation?
Social scientists have long assumed that religion – and more specifically religious rituals – promotes cooperation. It has also been claimed that ritual plays an essential role in enhancing prosociality and cooperation. In this study, using a controlled laboratory experiment, we investigate if a con...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2014
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Journal of cognition and culture
Année: 2014, Volume: 14, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 263-272 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Trust
cooperation
goal-demotion
public goods experiment
religion
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Résumé: | Social scientists have long assumed that religion – and more specifically religious rituals – promotes cooperation. It has also been claimed that ritual plays an essential role in enhancing prosociality and cooperation. In this study, using a controlled laboratory experiment, we investigate if a conspicuous and recurrent feature of collective ritualized behaviour, goal-demotion, promotes lasting cooperation. We report that goal-directed collective behaviour is more efficient than goal-demoted behaviour for motivating participants to engage in ulterior cooperation. Plausible interpretations of the data and of the mechanisms involved are discussed. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5373 |
Contient: | In: Journal of cognition and culture
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342124 |