Mutual Belief and Mental Subgrouping: How Team is Mentally Modeled in Members' Mind

Abstract

In this paper, a model of team cognition is proposed. This model describes team cognition as a set of individual cognition and mutual belief, separated into three different layers namely self-cognition, direct belief, and projected belief. Another aspect discussed in this paper is a process called mental subgrouping. In a team larger than two persons, it is natural for each member to think of other members as a single entity instead of several different individuals. This behavior is defined as mental subgrouping. By incorporating mental subgrouping in the mutual belief model, this research attempts to more accurately describe cognition of a team.