Identity fusion, outgroup relations, and sacrifice : A
cross-cultural test

J 2019

Identity fusion, outgroup relations, and sacrifice : A cross-cultural test

PURZYCKI, Benjamin Grant and Martin LANG

Basic information

Original name

Identity fusion, outgroup relations, and sacrifice : A cross-cultural test

Authors

PURZYCKI, Benjamin Grant and Martin LANG (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cognition, Netherlands, 2019, 0010-0277

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.294

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00109170

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.015

UT WoS

000462109900001

Keywords in English

Identity fusion; Cooperation; Sacrifice; Intergroup dynamics

Abstract

V originále

Identity fusion theory has become a popular psychological explanation of costly self-sacrifice. It posits that while maintaining one’s own individual identity, a deep affinity with one’s group can contribute to sacrifice for that group. We test this and related hypotheses using a behavioral economic experiment designed to detect biased, self-interested favoritism among eight different populations ranging from foragers and horticulturalists to the fully market-integrated. We find that while individuals favor themselves on average, those with higher ingroup fusion sacrifice more money to other members of their ingroup who are unable to reciprocate. We also find that positive outgroup relations has a similar effect. Additionally, we assess a recently-posited interaction between ingroup and outgroup relations and show no consistent effect at the individual or sub-sample levels.

Links

EE2.3.20.0048, research and development project

Name: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

Citovat

PURZYCKI, Benjamin Grant and Martin LANG. Identity fusion, outgroup relations, and sacrifice : A cross-cultural test. Cognition. Netherlands, 2019, vol. 186, NA, p. 1-6. ISSN 0010-0277. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.015.

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PURZYCKI, Benjamin Grant and Martin LANG. Identity fusion, outgroup relations, and sacrifice : A cross-cultural test. \textit{Cognition}. Netherlands, 2019, vol.~186, NA, p.~1-6. ISSN~0010-0277. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.015.

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