In the process of cultural learning, people tend to acquire mental representations and behavior from prestigious individuals over dominant ones, as prestigious individuals generously share their expertise and know-how to gain admiration, whereas dominant ones use violence, manipulation, and intimidation to enforce obedience. However, in the context of intergroup conflict, violent thoughts and behavior that are otherwise associated with dominance can hypothetically become prestigious because parochial altruists, who engage in violence against out-groups, act in the interest of their group members, therefore prosocially. This shift would imply that for other in-groups, individuals behaving violently toward out-groups during intergroup conflicts become simultaneously prestigious, making them desirable cultural models to learn from. Using the mechanism of credibility enhancing displays (CRED s), this article presents preliminary vignette-based evidence that violent CRED s toward out-groups during intergroup conflict increase the perceived trustworthiness of a violent cultural model.

在文化学习的过程中，人们倾向于从有声望的人那里获得占主导地位的个人的心理表征和行为，因为有声望的人慷慨地分享自己的专业知识和诀窍以赢得钦佩，而有声望的人则使用暴力，操纵和恐吓来强迫他们服从。但是，在群体间冲突的情况下，假想与优势地位相关的暴力思想和行为可能会成为有声望的，因为参与针对群体外暴力的狭al利他主义者为他们群体成员的利益而行动，因此也有利于群体利益。这种转变意味着，对于其他群体内的人，在群体间冲突期间表现出暴力倾向群体外的个人将同时享有盛誉，这使他们成为值得学习的文化模式。CRED  ，本文提供了基于小插图的初步证据，这些证据表明 在群体间冲突期间针对群体的暴力CRED会增加暴力文化模型的可信度。