Group? What group? A computational model of the group needs a psychology of "us" (not "them"). (7th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wiles, Janet; Haslam, S. Alexander; Steffens, Niklas K.; Jetten, Jolanda
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 45(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-07-07
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X21001266
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Groups are only real, and only serve as a basis for collective action, when their members perceive them to be real. For a computational model to have analytic fidelity and predictive validity it, therefore, needs to engage with the psychological reality of groups, their internal structure, and their structuring by (and of) the social context in which they function.