Sentences with phrase «cause cultural conformity»

That's called the spiral of science, but it's really those same biochemical reactions in the brain that cause cultural conformity.

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For instance, recent evidence suggests that cultural values of collectivism also serve an «anti-pathogen defence» whereby behavioural manifestations of collectivism, such as conformity and parochialism, function as buffers against the transmission and increased prevalence of disease - causing pathogens (e.g. malaria, typhus and tuberculosis)(Fincher et al. 2008).

Supporting the notion of cultural traits as evolutionary adaptations, recent cross-national evidence shows that cultural values of individualism and collectivism serve an adaptive, «anti-pathogen» function, protecting vulnerable geographical regions from increased spread of disease - causing pathogens via the promotion of collectivistic social norms, such as conformity and parochialism (Fincher et al. 2008).