Group Cooperation, Carrying-Capacity Stress, and Intergroup Conflict

Autor: Andrea Fariña, Yina Ma, Jörg Gross, Carsten K. W. De Dreu
Přispěvatelé: University of Zurich, De Dreu, Carsten K W
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Trends in Cognitive Sciences
ISSN: 1364-6613
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.06.005
Popis: Peaceful intergroup relations deteriorate when individuals engage in parochialcooperation and parochial competition. To understand when and why intergrouprelations change from peaceful to violent, we present a theoretical frameworkmapping out the different interdependence structures between groups. Accordingto this framework, cooperation can lead to group expansion and ultimatelyto carrying-capacity stress. In such cases of endogenously created carryingcapacitystress, intergroup relations are more likely to become negativelyinterdependent, and parochial competition can emerge as a response. We discussthe cognitive, neural, and hormonal building blocks of parochial cooperation,and conclude that conflict between groups can be the inadvertent consequenceof human preparedness – biological and cultural – to solve cooperation problemswithin groups.
Databáze: OpenAIRE