Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion · chapter 8 · id influence-c8-07-family-language-cues----using-
“Family language cues -- using kinship terms like 'brothers,' 'family,' 'homeland' -- activate unity responses even between non-relatives, and are used by leaders to build loyalty.”
TRUE, BUTconfidence: medium⚠ extracted by pipeline, re-audit pending
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Swann et al. (2014), Identity Fusion Fosters Perception of Familial Ties, JPSPDOI registry: valid
Identity fusion leads individuals to treat fellow group members as family, activating kinship-like psychological mechanisms even among non-kin.
Park & Schaller (2005), Does Attitude Similarity Serve as a Heuristic Cue for Kinship?, Evolution and Human Behavior 26(2)DOI registry: valid
People use cues of similarity as heuristic indicators of kinship, and kinship-related cognition activates cooperative and prosocial behavioral tendencies even toward non-relatives.
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