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Title
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The Critical Few: Anticonformists at the Crossroads of Minority Opinion Survival and Collapse.
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Creator
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Matthew Jarman, Andrzej Nowak, Wojciech Borkowski, David Serfass, Alexander Wong, Robin Vallacher
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Abstract/Description
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To maintain stability yet retain the flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances, social systems must strike a balance between the maintenance of a shared reality and the survival of minority opinion. A computational model is presented that investigates the interplay of two basic, oppositional social processes— conformity and anticonformity—in promoting the emergence of this balance. Computer simulations employing a cellular automata platform tested hypotheses concerning the survival of...
Show moreTo maintain stability yet retain the flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances, social systems must strike a balance between the maintenance of a shared reality and the survival of minority opinion. A computational model is presented that investigates the interplay of two basic, oppositional social processes— conformity and anticonformity—in promoting the emergence of this balance. Computer simulations employing a cellular automata platform tested hypotheses concerning the survival of minority opinion and the maintenance of system stability for different proportions of anticonformity. Results revealed that a relatively small proportion of anticonformists facilitated the survival of a minority opinion held by a larger number of conformists who would otherwise succumb to pressures for social consensus. Beyond a critical threshold, however, increased proportions of anticonformists undermined social stability. Understanding the adaptive benefits of balanced oppositional forces has implications for optimal functioning in psychological and social processes in general.
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Date Issued
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2015
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000485
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Document (PDF)
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Short and Long Term Investor Synchronization Caused by Decoupling.
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Roszczynska-Kurasinska, Magda, Nowak, Andrzej, Kamieniarz, Daniel, Solomon, Sorin, Andersen, Jørgen Vitting, Sánchez, Angel
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The dynamics of collective decision making is not yet well understood. Its practical relevance however can be of utmost importance, as experienced by people who lost their fortunes in turbulent moments of financial markets. In this paper we show how spontaneous collective ‘‘moods’’ or ‘‘biases’’ emerge dynamically among human participants playing a trading game in a simple model of the stock market. Applying theory and computer simulations to the experimental data generated by humans, we are...
Show moreThe dynamics of collective decision making is not yet well understood. Its practical relevance however can be of utmost importance, as experienced by people who lost their fortunes in turbulent moments of financial markets. In this paper we show how spontaneous collective ‘‘moods’’ or ‘‘biases’’ emerge dynamically among human participants playing a trading game in a simple model of the stock market. Applying theory and computer simulations to the experimental data generated by humans, we are able to predict the onset of such moments before they actually happen.
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Date Issued
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2012-12-07
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000040
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Citation
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Title
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Seeking sustainable solutions: using an attractor simulation platform for teaching multistakeholder negotiation in complex cases.
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Nowak, Andrzej, Bui-Wrzosinska, Lan, Coleman, Peter T., Vallacher, Robin R., Jochemczyk, Lukasz, Bartkowski, Wieslaw
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Date Issued
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2010
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2683153
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Subject Headings
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Psychology, Social., Dynamics., Conflict management --Software., Conflict management --Study and teaching., Social conflict.
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Document (PDF)
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Rethinking intractable conflict: the perspective of dynamical systems.
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Creator
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Vallacher, Robin R., Coleman, Peter T., Nowak, Andrzej, Bui-Wrzosinska, Lan
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Date Issued
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2010
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2683585
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Subject Headings
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Conflict (Psychology) --Research., Dynamics., Conflict., Dynamics --Psychological aspects.
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Constructing a network of shared agreement: a model of communication processes in negotiations.
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Creator
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Jochemczyk, Lukasz W., Nowak, Andrzej
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Date Issued
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2009
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2700125
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Subject Headings
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Negotiation., Conflict., Dynamics., Communication.
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Document (PDF)
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Dynamics of two-actor cooperation–competition conflict models.
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Liebovitch, Larry S., Naudot, Vincent, Vallacher, Robin R., Nowak, Andrzej, Bui-Wrzosinska, Lan, Coleman, Peter T.
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Date Issued
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2008-11-01
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165475
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Subject Headings
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Nonlinear theories, Social systems--Mathematical models, Conflict management, Cooperativeness, Differential equations, Competition, Dynamics--Mathematical models
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Reconstructing ripeness I: a study of constructive engagement in protracted social conflicts.
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Coleman, Peter T., Hacking, Antony G., Stover, Mark A., Fisher-Yoshida, Beth, Nowak, Andrzej
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Date Issued
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2008
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2708386
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Subject Headings
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Conflict (Psychology) --Research., Conflict., Conflict management --Psychological aspects., Social conflict --Research.
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Title
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Intractable conflict as an attractor: a dynamical systems approach to conflict escalation and intractability.
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Creator
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Nowak, Andrzej, Vallacher, Robin R., Coleman, Peter T.
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Date Issued
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2007
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2182031
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Subject Headings
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Conflict (Psychology) --Research., Conflict., Interpersonal conflict., Dynamics --Psychological aspects.
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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Dynamics of social coordination: the synchronization of internal states in close relationships.
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Creator
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Vallacher, Robin R., Nowak, Andrzej, Zochowski, Michal
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Date Issued
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2005
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2182034
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Subject Headings
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Dynamics., Psychology, Social., Interpersonal relations --Mathematical models., Interpersonal relations --Psychological aspects., Psychometrics., Nonlinear Dynamics.
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Title
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The emergence of personality: dynamic foundations of individual variation.
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Creator
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Nowak, Andrzej, Vallacher, Robin R.
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Date Issued
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2005
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2181980
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Subject Headings
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Personality., Social psychology., Personality development.
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Document (PDF)
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Dynamical minimalism: why less is more in psychology.
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Creator
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Nowak, Andrzej
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Date Issued
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2004
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2181982
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Subject Headings
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Personality., Social psychology.
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Document (PDF)
