Computational Social Psychology (Frontiers of Social Psychology) - 9781138951648

Appendix: Underlying Data and Concepts in Network Goal Graphs -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12: Computational Models of Social Influence and Collective Behavior -- Five Key Ideas -- The Social Decision Scheme Framework -- The BOP Framework -- Modeling Continuous Judgments -- Modeling Growth over Time -- Simulating Communities of Interacting Agents -- Are Model Results "Results"? -- The Excessive Distrust of Free Parameters -- Parameter Space: Our Next Frontier? -- Concluding Thought -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13: Modeling Cultural Dynamics -- Culture and Its Dynamics -- Social Psychology of Cultural Dynamics -- Multidimensionality of Culture: The Axelrod Model of Cultural Dissemination -- Adaptiveness: Evolution of Cooperation -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- PART IV: Transforming Social Psychology -- Chapter 14: Models Are Stupid, and We Need More of Them -- We Are Stupid -- Models to the Rescue? -- Models Are Stupid -- Some (Not So) Stupid Models -- Modelers Are Stupid (Sometimes) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Big Data in Psychological Research -- The New Social Sciences in the Big Data Revolution -- Big Data Opportunities in the Social Sciences -- Challenges for Big Data in the Social Sciences -- Concluding Thoughts on Big Data -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 16: The Future of Computational Social Psychology -- Advances in Technology -- Advances in Theory -- The Future of Social Psychology -- Note -- References -- Index

• | Author: Robin R. Vallacher, Stephen J. Read, Andrzej Nowak
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 398 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Computers
• | ISBN-10: 1138951641
• | ISBN-13: 9781138951648