Behavioral evidence for global consciousness transcending national parochialism.
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2023-12-04
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Springer Nature
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Abstract
While national parochialism is commonplace, individual differences explain more variance in it than cross-national differences. Global consciousness (GC), a multi-dimensional concept that includes identification with all humanity, cosmopolitan orientation, and global orientation, transcends national parochialism. Across six societies (Nā=ā11,163), most notably the USA and China, individuals high in GC were more generous allocating funds to the other in a dictator game, cooperated more in a one-shot prisoner's dilemma, and differentiated less between the ingroup and outgroup on these actions. They gave more to the world and kept less for the self in a multi-level public goods dilemma. GC profiles showed 80% test-retest stability over 8 months. Implications of GC for cultural evolution in the face of trans-border problems are discussed.
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Humans, Consciousness, Game Theory, Prisoner Dilemma, Cultural Evolution, China, Cooperative Behavior
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Liu JH, Choi SY, Lee I-C, Leung AK-Y, Lee M, Lin M-H, Hodgetts D, Chen SX. (2023). Behavioral evidence for global consciousness transcending national parochialism.. Sci Rep. 13. 1. (pp. 21413-).