title: Societal threat as a moderator of cultural group selection.
abstract: As scholars have rushed to either prove or refute cultural group selection (CGS), the debate lacks sufficient consideration of CGS's potential moderators. We argue that pressures for CGS are particularly strong when groups face ecological and human-made threat. Field, experimental, computational, and genetic evidence are presented to substantiate this claim.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. mgelfand@umd.edu. www.gelfand.umd.edu
authors: Michele J
authors: MJ
authors: Gelfand
authors: Miner & Kasch, 334 Scherer Lane, Severna Park, MD 21146. patroos@gmail.com.
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Roos
authors: Department of Computer Science and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. nau@cs.umd.edu. http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/nau.
authors: Dana
authors: D
authors: Nau
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. jesserh@umd.edu. https://sites.google.com/site/jharringtonumd/.
authors: Jesse
authors: J
authors: Harrington
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. yanmu@umd.edu.
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Mu
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. jjackso1@umd.edu
authors: Joshua
authors: J
authors: Jackson
mesh_terms: D004463:Ecology; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans