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Triadic conflict “primitives” can be reduced to welfare trade-off ratios

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2022

Wenhao Qi Open the ORCID record for Wenhao Qi [Opens in a new window] ,
Edward Vul Open the ORCID record for Edward Vul [Opens in a new window] ,
Adena Schachner Open the ORCID record for Adena Schachner [Opens in a new window]  and
Lindsey J. Powell Open the ORCID record for Lindsey J. Powell [Opens in a new window]
Wenhao Qi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. wqi@ucsd.edu; evul@ucsd.edu; adschachner@ucsd.edu; ljpowell@ucsd.edu https://jameswhqi.github.io/; https://www.evullab.org/; https://madlab.ucsd.edu/; https://socallab.ucsd.edu/
Edward Vul
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. wqi@ucsd.edu; evul@ucsd.edu; adschachner@ucsd.edu; ljpowell@ucsd.edu https://jameswhqi.github.io/; https://www.evullab.org/; https://madlab.ucsd.edu/; https://socallab.ucsd.edu/
Adena Schachner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. wqi@ucsd.edu; evul@ucsd.edu; adschachner@ucsd.edu; ljpowell@ucsd.edu https://jameswhqi.github.io/; https://www.evullab.org/; https://madlab.ucsd.edu/; https://socallab.ucsd.edu/
Lindsey J. Powell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. wqi@ucsd.edu; evul@ucsd.edu; adschachner@ucsd.edu; ljpowell@ucsd.edu https://jameswhqi.github.io/; https://www.evullab.org/; https://madlab.ucsd.edu/; https://socallab.ucsd.edu/
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Abstract

Pietraszewski proposes four triadic “primitives” for representing social groups. We argue that, despite surface differences, these triads can all be reduced to similar underlying welfare trade-off ratios, which are a better candidate for social group primitives. Welfare trade-off ratios also have limitations, however, and we suggest there are multiple computational strategies by which people recognize and reason about social groups.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e117
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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