An agent-based model of indirect minority influence on social change and diversity

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Influence Pub Date : 2018-01-02 DOI:10.1080/15534510.2017.1415961

Jiin Jung, A. Bramson, W. Crano

引用次数: 7

Abstract

Abstract The present paper describes an agent-based model of indirect minority influence. It examines whether indirect minority influence can lead to social change as a function of cognitive rebalancing, a process whereby related attitudes are affected when one attitude is changed. An attitude updating algorithm was modelled with minimal assumptions drawing on social psychology theories of indirect minority influence. Results revealed that facing direct majority influence, indirect minority influence along with cognitive rebalancing is a recipe for social change. Furthermore, indirect minority influence promotes and maintains attitudinal diversity in local ingroups and throughout the society. We discuss the findings in terms of social influence theories and suggest promising avenues for model extensions for theory building in minority influence and social change.

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基于主体的少数群体对社会变革和多样性间接影响模型

摘要本文描述了一个基于主体的少数群体间接影响模型。它考察了间接少数影响是否可以作为认知再平衡的功能导致社会变革，即当一种态度改变时相关态度受到影响的过程。利用少数群体间接影响的社会心理学理论，对态度更新算法进行了最小假设建模。结果表明，面对直接的多数人影响，间接的少数人影响以及认知再平衡是社会变革的秘诀。此外，少数群体的间接影响促进和保持了当地群体和整个社会的态度多样性。我们从社会影响理论的角度讨论了这些发现，并为少数群体影响和社会变革的理论建立提出了有希望的模型扩展途径。

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Social Influence PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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1.50

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期刊介绍： Social Influence is a journal that provides an integrated focus for research into this important, dynamic, and multi-disciplinary field. Topics covered include: conformity, norms, social influence tactics such as norm of reciprocity, authority, scarcity, interpersonal influence, persuasion, power, advertising, mass media effects, political persuasion, propaganda, comparative influence, compliance, minority influence, influence in groups, cultic influence, social movements, social contagions, rumors, resistance to influence, influence across cultures, and the history of influence research.