Deciding to cooperate in northern Ghana: trust as an evolutionary constraint across cultural diversity
Span. j. psychol
; 18: e91.1-e91.16, 2015. tab, graf, mapas
Artigo
em Inglês
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-146416
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ES1.1
Localização: BNCS
ABSTRACT
The upper-east and northern regions of Ghana offers a unique opportunity to study the influence of evolutionary social dynamics in making cooperation possible, despite cultural differences. These regions are occupied by several distinct ethnic groups, in interaction, such as the Kussasi, Mamprusi, Bimoba, Konkomba, and Fulani. We will report our fieldwork related to how cooperation takes places there, both within each group and among people from the different groups. Methods included personal networks of cooperation (ego networks), interviews and analysis of group contexts. The most important result is that, while each ethnic group may differ in terms of family and clan structure, a similar pattern can be found in all of them, of cooperation structured around small groups of trust-based close relationships. The study suggests that habitual decisions about cooperation are not strategic or self-interested, but instead are based on unconscious processes sustained by the emotional bonds of trust. These kind of emotional bonds are claimed to be relevant from an evolutionary point of view (AU)
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Espanha
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Etnicidade
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Diversidade Cultural
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Tomada de Decisões
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Hostilidade
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Relações Interpessoais
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Entrevista Psicológica
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Processos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
África
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Span. j. psychol
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de las Islas Baleares/Spain