Context: Likewise, Émile Durkheim was one of the earliest to suggest that gods represent an extension of human social life to include supernatural beings. In line with this reasoning, psychologist Matt Rossano contends that when humans began living in larger groups, they may have created gods as a means of enforcing morality. In small groups, morality can be enforced by social forces such as gossip or reputation. However, it is much harder to enforce morality using social forces in much larger groups. Rossano indicates that by including ever-watchful gods and spirits, humans discovered an effective strategy for restraining selfishness and building more cooperative groups.

Question: What are ways that small social groups can force morality?
Answer: gossip or reputation

Question: Who suggested that by including the presence of an omniscient God, selfishness can be controlled and cooperation can be gained?
Answer: Matt Rossano

Question: What did Émile Durkheim suggest about the existence of God?
Answer: gods represent an extension of human social life to include supernatural beings

Question: Why would humans have begun to create gods?
Answer: a means of enforcing morality

Question: Who posited that humans created gods to create morality in social groups?
Answer: Matt Rossano

Question: Omnipresent gods are a way to watch large groups and enforce what?
Answer: morality

Question: Omniprestent gods helped build what?
Answer: more cooperative groups

Question: What concept did Matt Rossano suggest earlier than others?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does Emile Durkheim believe happened when humans live in groups?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How can selfishness be restrained in large groups?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where is it harder to build cooperative groups?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did social forces use to enforce morality according to Durkheim?
Answer: Unanswerable