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      Formalizing Verbal Theories : A Tutorial by Dialogue

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      Journal: Social Psychology
      Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
      Keywords: theoretical modeling, formalization, verbal theory, computational explanation

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          Abstract. We present a tutorial for formalizing verbal theories of psychological phenomena – social or otherwise. The approach builds on concepts and tools from the mathematics of computation. We use intuitive examples and illustrate the intrinsic dialectical nature of the formalization process by presenting dialogues between two fictive characters, called Verbal and Formal. These characters’ conversations and thought experiments serve to highlight important lessons in theoretical modeling.

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            Agent-based modeling: a new approach for theory building in social psychology.

            Frederica R Conrey, Derek Smith (2007)
            Most social and psychological phenomena occur not as the result of isolated decisions by individuals but rather as the result of repeated interactions between multiple individuals over time. Yet the theory-building and modeling techniques most commonly used in social psychology are less than ideal for understanding such dynamic and interactive processes. This article describes an alternative approach to theory building, agent-based modeling (ABM), which involves simulation of large numbers of autonomous agents that interact with each other and with a simulated environment and the observation of emergent patterns from their interactions. The authors believe that the ABM approach is better able than prevailing approaches in the field, variable-based modeling (VBM) techniques such as causal modeling, to capture types of complex, dynamic, interactive processes so important in the social world. The article elaborates several important contrasts between ABM and VBM and offers specific recommendations for learning more and applying the ABM approach.
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              Tutorial on agent-based modelling and simulation

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                Iris van Rooij
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                Journal ID (publisher): zsp
                Title: Social Psychology
                Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
                ISSN (Print): 1864-9335
                ISSN (Electronic): 2151-2590
                Publication date (Electronic): October 28, 2020
                Publication date (Print): 2020
                Volume: 51
                Issue: 5
                Pages: 285-298
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ]Department of Artificial Intelligence, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
                [ 2 ]The Language in Interaction Consortium, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
                Author notes
                Iris van Rooij, Donders Centre for Cognition, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Postbus 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands, E-mail i.vanrooij@ 123456donders.ru.nl
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                ApaID ID: zsp_51_5_285
                DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000428
                SO-VID: 453aaa80-7b47-4229-a2dd-5e48b1907cd9
                Copyright statement: Copyright @ 2020
                History
                Date accepted : July 21, 2020
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                Subject: Tutorial

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Assessment, Evaluation & Research methods,Psychology,General social science,General behavioral science
                Keywords: theoretical modeling,computational explanation,verbal theory,formalization
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Assessment, Evaluation & Research methods, Psychology, General social science, General behavioral science
                Keywords: theoretical modeling, computational explanation, verbal theory, formalization

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