Doctoral Disseration Research: Population Structure and Large-Scale Cooperation in Pohang, South Korea

博士论文研究：韩国浦项的人口结构与大规模合作

• 批准号: 1154447
• 负责人: Darryl Holman
• 金额: $ 1.48万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-01 至 2013-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1154447&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Disseration; Research; Population; Structure

University of Washington doctoral student Jun-Hong Kim, under the supervision of Dr. Darryl J. Holman, will undertake research to examine the structure of large-scale cooperation and to test the hypotheses derived from cultural group selection theory. In order to explain cooperation beyond household members and explain the creation of public goods, the peculiarities unique to human culture must be explored. Humans uphold cultural norms and have developed sanctions for those who do not follow them, or for those who take advantage of altruistic behaviors in others. Cultural group selection theory incorporates these "moral sentiments" in explaining between-group differences of social norms and cooperativeness. The research is important both to cultural evolutionary theory and to more general understandings of how human beings cooperate.Kim's research will be carried out in Pohang, South Korea among high school students. The project has four aims: (1) test whether social support (from family, school and so on) is important to adolescents' motivation for helping others; (2) test whether prosocial individuals preferentially tend to befriend other prosocial individuals; (3) test whether an individual's prosociality and preferential association are linked with neighborhood quality; and (4) test whether a neighborhood with high "social" qualities contains more individuals who will sanction norm violators. Kim will collect data using mixed methods, including surveys, semi-structured interviews, ethnographic observations and experimental games. Insights from this study can potentially be applied to neighborhood projects that enhance the quality of life for children and adolescents. Funding this research also supports the education of a graduate student.

华盛顿大学博士生金俊宏在Darryl J. Holman博士的指导下，将进行研究，以检查大规模合作的结构，并测试来自文化群体选择理论的假设。为了解释家庭成员之外的合作，为了解释公共产品的创造，必须探索人类文化的独特性。 人类坚持文化规范，并对那些不遵守这些规范的人或那些利用他人利他行为的人进行制裁。文化群体选择理论在解释社会规范和合作性的群体间差异时纳入了这些“道德情感”。这项研究对文化进化理论和更普遍地理解人类如何合作都很重要。金的研究将在韩国的浦项高中生中进行。该项目有四个目标：（1）社会支持（2）检验亲社会个体是否倾向于与其他亲社会个体交朋友;（3）检验个体的亲社会性和偏好联想是否与邻里质量相关;（4）测试一个具有高“社会”素质的社区是否包含更多会制裁违反规范者的个人。Kim将使用混合方法收集数据，包括调查，半结构化访谈，人种学观察和实验游戏。这项研究的见解可能适用于提高儿童和青少年生活质量的社区项目。 资助这项研究也支持研究生的教育。