Seeking social status is a central human motivation. Whether it's buying designer clothing, working the way up the job ladder, or making a conspicuous donation to charity, humans often seek and signal social status. Human ...
Social Sciences
Aug 6, 2019
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(Phys.org) —Why does the effectiveness of punishment to promote contributions to public goods differ among countries? According to psychologists Daniel Balliet and Paul van Lange at VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2013
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Like humans, baboons are able to cooperate with another of their kind for the common good—or punish them if they don't reciprocate, a study said on Friday.
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2023
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Over-fishing, tax evasion, freeriding: the Tragedy of the Commons happens again and again. A computer model now offers new insights into the way our society functions.
Social Sciences
May 11, 2010
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The microbes living in your food can affect your risk of cancer. While some help your body fight cancer, others help tumors evolve and grow.
Evolution
Jan 31, 2023
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While many view warfare as a breakdown between societies, Arizona State University anthropologist Sarah Mathew views it as an outgrowth of cooperation.
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2015
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We humans can explain how our relationships with college roommates and co-workers have formed over the years, but scientists haven't had a good grip on how friendly connections among strangers are made between animals—until ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2020
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(Phys.org) -- Selfish behaviour is a threat to successful coexistence and mutual cooperation. In many cases this human cooperation is based on punishing those who do not cooperate. There can be two different forms of punishment ...
Social Sciences
Jul 5, 2012
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When it comes to cooperation, there's no monkey business in how some chimpanzees respond.
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2018
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It is believed that the success of humans as a species depends to a large extent on our ability to cooperate in groups. Much more so than any other ape (or mammal for that matter), people are able to work together and coordinate ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2015
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