Intergroup violence : the effects of violent CREDs on perceived
trustworthiness (poster)

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Intergroup violence : the effects of violent CREDs on perceived trustworthiness (poster)

ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan

Basic information

Original name

Intergroup violence : the effects of violent CREDs on perceived trustworthiness (poster)

Authors

ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Future Directions on the Evolution of Rituals, Beliefs and Religious Minds, Sicily, 9.-14.5. 2018, 2018

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Italy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00103166

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords (in Czech)

Násilí; meziskupinové násilí; náboženské násilí; CREDs; důvěra; prestiž; dominance; kulturní přenos; dvojí dědičnost, genově-kulturní koevoluce; experiment

Keywords in English

Violence; Intergroup Violence; Religious Violence; CREDs; Trust; Prestige; Dominance; Cultural Transmission; Dual Inheritance; Gene-Culture Coevolution; Experiment

Abstract

V originále

While extravagant violent displays such as beheading videos by the Islamic State are ordinarily interpreted as attempts to intimidate enemies, they might also be an effective way to lure new members into violent groups and spread violent behavior via trust. Evolutionary concept of credibility enhancing displays (CREDs) – the cultural model’s congruence between words and deeds – can be used to study violent displays in intergroup conflict and explain how individuals join the fighting. As I have explored the question whether violent CREDs increase perceived trustworthiness of cultural models for other in-groups, this poster reports results of a preliminary experiment which used text vignettes and manipulated the presence of violent CREDs. In sum, in-groups who behaved violently against out-groups in the context of intergroup conflict were seen as more trustworthy by other in-groups than those who did not. Moreover, trustworthiness had a strong positive correlation with model’s prestige and a weak negative correlation with dominance. Thus, violent in groups in the context of intergroup conflict might be considered by other in-groups as desirable cultural models to learn from, as they behave as parochial altruists. The poster also presents forthcoming experiments, which will incorporate religion to the process of learning intergroup violence. Religious identity of violent cultural models should be fostering the transmission of violence because religion makes group identities salient, religious people are generally and globally seen as more moral and trustworthy than atheists, and hence possibly more desirable cultural models. The proposed designs would use various stimuli and measurements. Overall, the experiments should provide data assessing not only trustworthiness of violent models (ascribed quality), but also trust toward violent models (behavior), and the role of religion in such mechanisms.

Links

EE2.3.20.0048, research and development project

Name: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

MUNI/A/0819/2017, interní kód MU

Name: Nové výzkumné metody v historické religionistice (Acronym: NOVYMHIR)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Intergroup violence : the effects of violent CREDs on perceived trustworthiness (poster). In Future Directions on the Evolution of Rituals, Beliefs and Religious Minds, Sicily, 9.-14.5. 2018. 2018.

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ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Intergroup violence : the effects of violent CREDs on perceived trustworthiness (poster). In \textit{Future Directions on the Evolution of Rituals, Beliefs and Religious Minds, Sicily, 9.-14.5. 2018}. 2018.

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