Prosperous religious groups deliberately surround members with constant reminders to sustain cooperation

Evidence

When faced with the decision to be selfish or generous, one could be motivated by compassion, greed, need, or guilt. If awareness at the moment of temptation determines honesty and generosity, religious reminders should come to the mind’s fore and reduce deception and selfishness. This is exactly what is consistently found across many studies, in the laboratory or in the field. And this is exactly why prosocial religious groups surround their members with constant religious reminders to induce honesty and cooperation within the group. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 155

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religious membership correlates with well-being, health, trust, and cooperation.; Prosocial religious groups outcompeted rivals through internal cooperation.; Religious community membership measurably improves well-being, health, cooperation, and trust. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 887 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Religious membership correlates with well-being, health, trust, and cooperation.; Prosocial religious groups outcompeted rivals through internal cooperation.; Religious community membership measurably improves well-being, health, cooperation, and trust. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 887 (+4 more)