Culture and group-functional punishment behaviour

Altruistic Punishment and Between-Group Competition

Collective action, or the large-scale cooperation in the pursuit of public goods, has been suggested to have evolved through cultural group selection. Previous research suggests that the costly punishment of group members who do not contribute to public goods plays an important role in the resolution of collective action dilemmas. If large-scale cooperation sustained by the punishment of defect...

Group Identity and Pro-Social Punishment

Cooperation is important but difficult to achieve in social dilemmas. It is even more challenging to promote cooperation among individuals from diverse backgrounds. In this paper, we design a lab experiment to investigate how group identity influences cooperation and peer punishment under the voluntary contribution mechanism of public goods. Artificial groups are created in the lab through rand...

Corporal punishment of children: changing the culture.

Physical punishment, culture, and rights: current issues for professionals.

Once considered a legitimate parenting tool, physical punishment is increasingly being redefined as a developmental risk factor by health professionals. Three forces that have contributed to this significant social change are the evolution of pediatric psychology, increasing understanding of the dynamics of parental violence, and growing recognition of children as rights bearers. However, despi...

The Coevolution of Warfare, Punishment, and Culture in Homo sapiens

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