Violent CREDs toward out-groups increase trustworthiness : Preliminary experimental evidence

ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan and Radek KUNDT. Violent CREDs toward out-groups increase trustworthiness : Preliminary experimental evidence. Journal of Cognition and Culture. Brill, 2020, vol. 20, 3-4, p. 262-281. ISSN 1567-7095. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340084.

Basic information

• Original name: Violent CREDs toward out-groups increase trustworthiness : Preliminary experimental evidence
• Authors: ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Radek KUNDT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of Cognition and Culture, Brill, 2020, 1567-7095.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50103 Cognitive sciences
• Country of publisher: Netherlands
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/20:00116323
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340084
• UT WoS: 000563568000005
• Keywords in English: intergroup violence; credibility enhancing displays; prestige bias; trustworthiness; parochial altruism
• Tags: rivok, topvydavatel
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

In the process of cultural learning, people tend to acquire mental representations and behavior from prestigious individuals over dominant ones, as prestigious individuals generously share their expertise and know-how to gain admiration, whereas dominant ones use violence, manipulation, and intimidation to enforce obedience. However, in the context of intergroup conflict, violent thoughts and behavior that are otherwise associated with dominance can hypothetically become prestigious because parochial altruists, who engage in violence against out-groups, act in the interest of their group members, therefore prosocially. This shift would imply that for other in-groups, individuals behaving violently toward out-groups during intergroup conflicts become simultaneously prestigious, making them desirable cultural models to learn from. Using the mechanism of credibility enhancing displays (CREDs), this article presents preliminary vignette-based evidence that violent CREDs toward out-groups during intergroup conflict increase the perceived trustworthiness of a violent cultural model.

Links

• MUNI/A/0858/2019, interní kód MU: Name: Výzkumné trendy v současné religionistice (Acronym: VYTRESOUR)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A