Thursday, 7 September 2017

Study: Atheists behave more fairly toward Christians than Christians behave toward atheists

Study: Atheists behave more fairly toward Christians than Christians behave toward atheists

Psychologists have long known that people tend to favor their own group over others, a social phenomenon known as ingroup bias. But new research provides evidence that atheists are motivated to buck this trend in an attempt to override the stereotype that they are immoral. Psychology researchers from Ohio University found that Christians demonstrated an ingroup bias towards other Christians in an economic game but atheists did not have an ingroup bias towards other atheists.
Read more: http://www.psypost.org/2017/09/study-atheists-behave-fairly-toward-christians-christians-behave-toward-atheists-49607?source=Snapzu

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