NDLI: The quantum model of social decision-making

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Lawless, W.F. Schwartz, M.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Paine Coll., Augusta, GA, USA (Lawless, W.F.)
Abstract	The shift from individual agent to group perspective, the major unsolved problem in social psychology, precludes realistic models of human decision-making for autonomous agents. Allport was not alone in recognizing this problem. Luce and Raiffa concluded that traditional mathematical logic based on the individual rational perspective, exemplified by the independent uncertainties in game theory between actors and observers as they interact, had been unable to capture social processes such as decision-making. Group theorists, such as Levine and Moreland, agree that a new model must be constructed to replace the individual rational model, primarily aggregated individual self-report data from decision participants or their scientific observers, to study unseen effects of social interaction, like Giddens' identification of unintended social consequences from intentional behavior. Philosophers have long recognized aspects of this problem with Aristotle's distinction between mathematics and physical objects to Descartes mind-body dualism and James' complementarity between thinking and action. But the problem remains unsolved and largely ignored. Our approach is to develop Bohr's social quantum model (SQM), to our knowledge, the only theory to model the conjugate uncertainties that exist interdependently between actors and observers entangled in an interaction. With SQM, the immediate goal is to derive and explore the role of argumentation in social decision-making; the ultimate goal is to develop and apply a general theory of social groups.
File Size	437606
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780374371
ISSN	1062922X
DOI	10.1109/ICSMC.2002.1176367
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-10-06
Publisher Place	Tunisia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Decision making Uncertainty Psychology Humans Autonomous agents Logic Game theory Mathematics Quantum entanglement Quantum mechanics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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