title: Intergroup competition may not be needed for shaping group cooperation and cultural group selection.
abstract: Because intergroup interactions often are mixed-motive rather than strictly zero-sum, groups often negotiate settlements that enable both cultures to thrive. Moreover, group prosperity rests on in-group love (rather than out-group hate) that emerges also absent intergroup competition or comparison. It follows that cultural group selection (CGS) reflects group effectiveness in organizing in-group trust and cooperation, rather than winning (in)direct intergroup competitions.
authors: Department of Psychology, andCenter for Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making (CREED),University of Amsterdam,Weesperplein 4,1018 XA,Amsterdam,The Netherlands.c.k.w.dedreu@uva.nl.
authors: Carsten K W
authors: CK
authors: De Dreu
authors: Department of Social and Organizational Psychology,VU University Amsterdam,1081 BT,Amsterdam,The Netherlands.d.p.balliet@vu.nl.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Balliet
mesh_terms: D006126:Group Processes; D006252:Hate; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008149:Love; D012919:Social Behavior