Reading & Lecture [ppt]
von Neumann, J. (1966). Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata (edited and completed by Arthur W. Burks). University of Illinois Press, Urbana Champaign, IL, USA
Callahan, Paul, “What is the Game of Life?” Read the text, play with the program, and study the R-pentomino. http://www.math.com/students/wonders/life/life.html
Gell-Mann, M., (1988). Simplicity and Complexity in the Description of Nature. Engineering and Science, 3, 2-9 [video]
Wolfram, S. (2002). A New Kind of Science. Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media. Read Chapter 6 Section 2 pp.231-250 ’s four classes of behavior.
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Download NetLogo
Basic agents
Cellular Automata
Game of Life model
Reading & Lecture [ppt]
Miller, J. H., & Page, S. E. (2007). Complexity in Social Worlds, from Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life. Introductory Chapters.
Jung J., Miller, J. H., & Page, S. E. (2025). Agent-based modeling for psychological research on social phenomena. American Psychologist. doi:10.1037/amp0001530
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Programming in NetLogo
Reading
Schelling, T. C. (1971). Dynamic models of segregation. Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 1, 143−186.
Hammond, R. A., & Axelrod, R. (2006). The evolution of ethnocentrism. Journal of conflict resolution, 50(6), 926-936.
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Segregation model
Party model
Traffic Model
► Midterm Project is assigned.
Reading
Pettigrew, T. F., Tropp, L. R., Wagner, U., & Christ, O. (2011). Recent advances in intergroup contact theory. International journal of intercultural relations, 35(3), 271-280.
Grim, P., Selinger, E., Braynen, W., Rosenberger, R., Au, R., Louie, N., & Connolly, J. (2005). Modeling prejudice reduction: Spatialized game theory and the contact hypothesis. Public Affairs Quarterly, 19(2), 95-125.
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Fire model
Flocking model
Basic agents, Interface tab, Info tab, Code tab
Readings
Travers, J., & Milgram, S. (1969). An experimental study of the small world problem. Sociometry, 32, 425–443.
Duncan Watts & Steven H. Strogatz, (1998). Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks. Nature, 393, 440–442.
Erdős, P. & Rényi, A. (1959). On Random Graphs. Publicationes Mathematicae. 6: 290–297.
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Generating small-world network
Readings
de Solla Price, D. J. (1965). Networks of Scientific Papers. Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 149 (3683): 510–515.
Barabási, A. L., & Albert, R. (1999). Emergence of scaling in random networks. science, 286(5439), 509-512.
NetLogo/Network workshop [ppt]
Generating scale-free networks with preferential attachment algorithm
Readings
Girvan, M. & Newman, M. E. J. (2002). Community Structure in Social and Biological Networks. PNAS, 99, 7821-7826.
Wood, A., Kleinbaum, A. M., & Wheatley, T. (2023). Cultural diversity broadens social networks. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(1), 109–122.
NetLogo/Network workshop [ppt]
Generate modular networks with varying community structure
NetLogo network extension
► Midterm project submission – Due October 9, Friday
Readings
Axelrod, R. (1997). The dissemination of culture: A model with local convergence and global polarization. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2, 203−226.
Boyd, R. & Richerson, P.J. (1976). A simple dual inheritance model of conflict between social and biological evolution. Zygon, 11, 254-262.
Feldman, M.W. & Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (1976). Cultural and biological evolutionary processes, selection for a trait under complex transmission, Theoretical Population Biology, 9, 238-259.
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Culture model
Epidemic model
► Final project released
Readings
Campbell, D. T. (1960). Blind variation and selective retention in creative thought as in other knowledge processes. Psychological Review, 67, 380-400.
Centola, D., Gonzalez-Avella, J. C., & San Miguel, M. (2007). Homophily, cultural drift, the co-evolution of cultural groups. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 51, 905-929.
Flache, A. & Macy, M. W. (2006). Small worlds and cultural polarization. Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 35, 146-176.
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Wolf sheep model
System dynamics modeler
► Final project team meeting
‘My Team’s Crazy Ideas for Final Project’
Research questions, strategy for modeling, Format for results
3 page project prospectus per team to CourseSite October 23 (Fri)
Dr. Jung Conference (no classes held)
Readings
MacCoun, R. J. (2017). Computational models of social influence and collective behavior. Computational social psychology, 258-280.
Smaldino, P. E. (2017). Models are stupid, and we need more of them. Computational social psychology, 311-331.
Readings
Nowak, A., Szamrej, J., & Latané, B. (1990). From private attitude to public opinion: A dynamic theory of social impact. Psychological review, 97(3), 362.
De, S., Nau, D. S., Pan, X. & Gelfand, M. J. (2018). Tipping Points for Norm Change in Human Cultures.
Muthukrishna & Schaller, (2020). Are collectivistic cultures more prone to rapid transformation?
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Behavior space
Parameter sweep
Readings:
Bednar, J., Bramson, A., Jones-Rooy, A., & Page, S. E. (2010). Emergent cultural signatures and persistent diversity: A model of conformity and consistency. Rationality and Society, 22, 407−444.
Jung, J., Bramson, A., & Crano, W. D. (2018). An agent-based model of indirect minority influence on social change and diversity, Social Influence, 13, 18−38.
Jung, J., Bramson, A., Crano, W., Page, S., Miller, J. H. (2021). Cultural drift, indirect minority influence, network structure, and their impacts on cultural change and diversity. American Psychologist, 76, 1039‒1053. [supplement]
NetLogo workshop [ppt]
Analyzing simulated data
Readings:
Epstein, J. M. (2002). Modeling civil violence: An agent-based computational approach. PNAA, 99, 7243-7250.
Chenoweth, E. & Belgioioso, M. (2019) The physics of dissent and the effects of movement. Nature Human Behaviour, 3, 1088-1095.
► Final project progress report
Teams present progress report on your final project model
Referees provide useful feedback
one-on-one consultation with Jiin
Final Project Team Presentations
A 20-minute report on your final project
Peer review
Referees provide their feedback to teams.
Virtual Mini-Conference: TBD
Complete the team project webpage – Due December 7, Monday