Mechanisms of violence transmission : Credible displays,
prestige, dominance, and religion

k 2019

Mechanisms of violence transmission : Credible displays, prestige, dominance, and religion

ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan

Basic information

Original name

Mechanisms of violence transmission : Credible displays, prestige, dominance, and religion

Authors

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

Edition

PTNCE 2019: Humans in Evolutionary Perspective, 24. - 27. 9. 2019, Praha, 2019

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00110813

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

The pervasive problem of religiously fueled intergroup violence can be tackled from the perspective of cultural evolution by studying how various psychological biases facilitate the transmission of violent behavior. I propose that the combination of the credibility enhancing displays bias with the prestige bias can lay ground for the transmission of violent behavior toward out-groups during an intergroup conflict, especially when framed with religious narratives and symbols. My poster will present an ongoing experimental research on modelling intergroup violence and religion’s influence on involved learning biases and group dynamics: (1) experimental results assessing the trustworthiness of a violent in-group member through self-reports, and (2) behavioral experimental designs utilizing economic games and eye-tracking methodologies. Understanding and explaining these mechanisms and group dynamics on a proximate level can help prevent more effectively the devastating outbreaks of “eye-for-an-eye” violence which tend to “stick around”, especially if framed in religious rhetoric.

Links

EE2.3.20.0048, research and development project

Name: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

MUNI/A/1053/2018, interní kód MU

Name: Nové výzkumné metody v religionistickém výzkumu (Acronym: NOVYMREV)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Mechanisms of violence transmission : Credible displays, prestige, dominance, and religion. In PTNCE 2019: Humans in Evolutionary Perspective, 24. - 27. 9. 2019, Praha. 2019.

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ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Mechanisms of violence transmission : Credible displays, prestige, dominance, and religion. In \textit{PTNCE 2019: Humans in Evolutionary Perspective, 24. - 27. 9. 2019, Praha}. 2019.

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