Social Influence Network Theory
A Sociological Examination of Small Group Dynamics
Part of Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
- Authors:
- Noah E. Friedkin, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Eugene C. Johnsen, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Date Published: February 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107617674
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Social influence network theory presents a mathematical formalization of the social process of attitude changes that unfolds in a social network of interpersonal influences. This book brings the theory to bear on lines of research in the domain of small group dynamics concerned with changes of group members' positions on an issue, including the formation of consensus and of settled disagreement, via endogenous interpersonal influences, in which group members are responding to the displayed positions of the members of the group. Social influence network theory advances a dynamic social cognition mechanism, in which individuals are weighing and combining their own and others' positions on an issue in the revision of their own positions. The influence network construct of the theory is the social structure of the endogenous interpersonal influences that are involved in this mechanism. With this theory, the authors seek to lay the foundation for a better formal integration of classical and current lines of work on small groups in psychological and sociological social psychology.
Read more- Presents an integrative theory on small groups
- Aids the advancement of formalization in the social sciences
- Provides a synthesis of social structure and social process in the intersection of sociology and psychology
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- Date Published: February 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107617674
- length: 390 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.52kg
- contains: 24 b/w illus. 42 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction:
1. Group dynamics: structural social psychology
2. Formalization: attitude change in influence networks
3. Operationalization: constructs and measures
4. Assessing the model
Part II. Influence Network Perspective on Small Groups:
5. Consensus formation and efficiency
6. The smallest group
7. Social comparison theory
8. Minority and majority factions
9. Choice shift and group polarization
Part III. Linkages with Other Formal Theories:
10. Models of group decision making
11. Expectation states and affect control
12. Individuals in groups
Epilogue
Appendices.
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