Concepedia

The Evolution of Religion: How Cognitive By-Products, Adaptive Learning Heuristics, Ritual Displays, and Group Competition Generate Deep Commitments to Prosocial Religions

Scott Atran, Joseph Henrich

Biological Theory · 2010 · 464 citations · 85 references

Concepts

ArtsEvolutionary BiologyPsychologyEvolutionary PsychologyProsocial BehaviorPsychology Of ReligionReligious CognitionReligious CommitmentReligious Meaning-makingReligious RitualsAdaptive HeuristicsCognitive Science Of ReligionGroup-level CompetitionHeuristicsProsocial Religious IdentityReligious Commitment DevelopmentReligious Commitment FormationRitual Cognition

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Social Sciences, History, Cultural History +16

Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

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Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Sociology +9

THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE

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Humanities, Religious Studies, Sociology +5

The unbearable automaticity of being.

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Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +6

An Experimental Study of Apparent Behavior

Fritz Heider, Marianne L. Simmel · The American Journal of Psychology · 1944 · 3.3K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +4