Description
Complex Human Dynamics, 2013
From Mind to Societies
Understanding Complex Systems Series
Coordinators: Nowak Andrzej, Winkowska-Nowak Katarzyna, Brée David
Language: EnglishSubjects for Complex Human Dynamics:
Keywords
Complexity and Cognitive Processes; Complexity and Social Sciences; Computational Social Studies; Connectivity from Brain to Social Groups; Dynamical Systems and Conflict; Dynamical Systems for Psychology; Dynamical Systems in Social Sciences and Psychology; Patterns in Human Behavior; data-driven science; modeling and theory building; complexity
Publication date: 12-2014
242 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 11-2012
242 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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This book, edited and authored by a closely collaborating network of social scientists and psychologists, recasts typical research topics in these fields into the language of nonlinear, dynamic and complex systems. The aim is to provide scientists with different backgrounds - physics, applied mathematics and computer sciences - with the opportunity to apply the tools of their trade to an altogether new range of possible applications. At the same time, this book will serve as a first reference for a new generation of social scientists and psychologists wishing to familiarize themselves with the new methodology and the "thinking in complexity".
Preface.- Dynamical Social Psychology: An Introduction.- Understanding Cognition Through Functional Connectivity.- A Dynamical Systems Approach to Conceptualizing and Investigating the Self.- Novelty Recognition Models.- The Dynamics of Patterns of Commitment in Sports.- Conflict and the Complexity of Cognitive Processes.- Social Entrepreneurs Open Closed Worlds: The Transformative Influence of Weak Ties.- A Dynamic Approach to Multicultural Integration.- Social Change Initiated by Social Entrepreneurs.- Interpersonal Fluency: Toward a Model of Coordination and Affect in Social Relations.- The Dynamics of Trust From the Perspective of a Trust Game.- Group as a Unit of Analysis.- Conflict as an Attractor: A Dynamical Systems Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict.
Applies for the first time the complexity approach to human and psychological studies
Provides many case studies
Suitable as introduction to the field for social scientists and psychologists
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras