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Zkreslené odhady nákladů a přínosů při (náboženském) kooperativním nákladném signalizování
| Title in English | Biased cost and benefits estimations in (religious) cooperative costly signaling |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In this research project, we examined whether perceptual biases improve the effectiveness of cooperative costly signals in humans. We hypothesized that automatic cognitive processes use biased cost and benefit estimations of cooperative signals to determine the value of costly signals. The intuitive processes generate a parameter space in which uncommitted individuals perceive signal costs to be higher than expected, deterring them from signaling and then taking advantage of the collective effort. We will present data from online experiments using time-cost manipulations (n>1000 across three experiments) and preliminary results from field research on the expected utility and costs of participation in a Kavadi ritual in Mauritius (n~400). Specifically, we assessed the benefits that potential participants estimate the experimental task/Kavadi to have, the probability of such benefits, and the participation costs. We investigated differences between in-group and out-group participants' assessments of costs and benefits related to their religious affiliation. |
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