Collectivistic Norms Facilitate Cooperation but Not Prejudice during a Pandemic

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	Collectivistic Norms Facilitate Cooperation but Not Prejudice during a Pandemic
	Zhu, N.; Lu, H.; Chang, L.
	2020-12-14
Source Publication	Psychology
ISSN	2152-7199
Pages	1826-1836
Abstract	As the world grapples with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is ever more critical to understand how pathogens affect human social behaviors and attitudes. We review recent evidence for the parasite stress theory, which posits that pathogen threats may have led to psychological and cultural adaptations in terms of collectivism and outgroup prejudice. Although there is strong literature support that behavioral immune responses might have contributed to collectivistic norms, the link between pathogen prevalence and outgroup prejudice is less clear. To explain this, we proposed a new hypothesis, arguing that outgroup prejudice as an undesirable side effect of behavioral immune systems might be curtailed by collectivistic norms and centralized authorities, which, in turn, reflect cultural adaptations to cooperation in high-pathogen environments. This perspective provides novel explanations of the cultural difference in the phenomena of xenophobia and racial prejudice during pandemics.
Keyword	Behavioral Immune System Collectivism Pathogen Prevalence Parasite Stress Theory Prejudice
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Language	英語English
The Source to Article	PB_Publication
PUB ID	60499
Document Type	Journal article
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Corresponding Author	Chang, L.
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Zhu, N.,Lu, H.,Chang, L.. Collectivistic Norms Facilitate Cooperation but Not Prejudice during a Pandemic[J]. Psychology, 2020, 1826-1836.
APA	Zhu, N.., Lu, H.., & Chang, L. (2020). Collectivistic Norms Facilitate Cooperation but Not Prejudice during a Pandemic. Psychology, 1826-1836.
MLA	Zhu, N.,et al."Collectivistic Norms Facilitate Cooperation but Not Prejudice during a Pandemic".Psychology (2020):1826-1836.

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