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18832637

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5898
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
We examine empirical evidence for religious prosociality, the hypothesis that religions facilitate costly behaviors that benefit other people. Although sociological surveys reveal an association between self-reports of religiosity and prosociality, experiments measuring religiosity and actual prosocial behavior suggest that this association emerges primarily in contexts where reputational concerns are heightened. Experimentally induced religious thoughts reduce rates of cheating and increase altruistic behavior among anonymous strangers. Experiments demonstrate an association between apparent profession of religious devotion and greater trust. Cross-cultural evidence suggests an association between the cultural presence of morally concerned deities and large group size in humans. We synthesize converging evidence from various fields for religious prosociality, address its specific boundary conditions, and point to unresolved questions and novel predictions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
322
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
58-62
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The origin and evolution of religious prosociality.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. ara@psych.ubc.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't