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

Janet WilesS Alexander HaslamNiklas K SteffensJolanda Jetten
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2022)
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.
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