An Agent-Based Model of Status Construction in Task Focused Groups

• DOI: 10.18564/jasss.2740
• Publication Date: 2015-11-18T10:10:34Z
• Authors: André Grow; Andreas Flache; Rafael Wittek
• Keywords: Task Focused Groups; Agent-Based Computational Modeling; PARTICIPATION; 05 social sciences; PERFORMANCE; STATUS BELIEFS; 0506 political science; 0504 sociology; NOMINAL CHARACTERISTICS; Status Characteristics; Status Characteristics, Status Beliefs, Status Construction, Task Focused Groups, Agent-Based Computational Modeling; GENDER; Status Beliefs; 10. No inequality; Status Construction; EXPECTATIONS

Status beliefs link social distinctions, such as gender and race, to assumptions about competence worth.Recent modeling work in status construction theory suggests that interactions small, task focused groups can lead the spontaneous emergence diffusion of larger populations.This earlier has on dyads smallest possible which might emerge from face-to-face interaction.In today's societies, however, many take place than dyads.In this article, we therefore develop an agent-based computational model enables us study dyads.With model, address questions as: Do basic principles interaction systematically favor dyads?Does time-frame over small interact affect likelihood with emerge?How does group size beliefs?Computational experimentation new behavioral known spontaneously create hierarchical differentiation between individual members also tend align these hierarchies categorical differences thereby facilitate beliefs.This tendency is stronger smaller groups, either for a very short or long time.