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Genetic evidence for multiple biological mechanisms underlying in-group favoritism.

Psychological science - 1 Nov 2010

Lewis Gary J, Bates Timothy C

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In-group favoritism is ubiquitous and associated with intergroup conflict, yet is little understood from a biological perspective. A fundamental question regarding the structure of favoritism is whether it is inflexibly directed toward distinct, "essentialist" categories, such as ethnicity and race, or is deployed in a context-sensitive manner. In this article, we report the first study (to our knowledge) of the...

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PMID: 20974715
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610387439

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