Complex Human Dynamics From Mind to Societies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nowak, Andrzej. (Editor), Winkowska-Nowak, Katarzyna. (Editor), Brě, David. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Physics.; Engineering.; Social sciences > Methodology.; Consciousness.; Social Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models.; Cognitive Psychology.; Complexity.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31436-0

This book, edited and authored by a closely collaborating network of social scientists and psychologists, recasts typical research topics in these fields into the language of nonlinear, dynamic and complex systems. The aim is to provide scientists with different backgrounds - physics, applied mathem...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Dynamical Social Psychology: An Introduction
• Understanding Cognition Through Functional Connectivity
• A Dynamical Systems Approach to Conceptualizing and Investigating the Self
• Novelty Recognition Models
• The Dynamics of Patterns of Commitment in Sports
• Conflict and the Complexity of Cognitive Processes
• Social Entrepreneurs Open Closed Worlds: The Transformative Influence of Weak Ties
• A Dynamic Approach to Multicultural Integration
• Social Change Initiated by Social Entrepreneurs
• Interpersonal Fluency: Toward a Model of Coordination and Affect in Social Relations
• The Dynamics of Trust From the Perspective of a Trust Game
• Group as a Unit of Analysis
• Conflict as an Attractor: A Dynamical Systems Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict.