The Study on the Psychology of Chinese Preference for the Korean Waves, based on the Conformity Effect and the Balance Theory

Abstract The research uses the development of COVID-19 in the human body as an example to explore the microstructures and dynamic processes of a concise complex system from the lens of the five-phase system. Based on the structural balance theory and system dynamics, the research finds that transitive triads and cyclic triads in the five-phase system are both imbalanced. The integration of these differentiated triads comprises of a balanced intermediate form in the shape of quadrangular cycles. These cycles serve as microstructures of the five-phase system, due to the inherent balancing feedback mechanism, and support the generation of resultants. The alternation of quadrangular cycles drives the spiraling development of the whole system. By orderly and regular interweaving of signed directed links, the research provides a holistic, process-oriented demonstration for the development processes of COVID-19. It clarifies that the essence of the five-phase system is phase-transition processes with the quadrangular cycle as carrier and supporter, rather than the static aggregation of five elements. The research deepens the understanding of system nonlinearity by visualizing the circular causality and promotes the academic dialogue between the Western process theory and the Chinese inherited notion of the five-phase system.

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A signed network perspective on the government formation process in parliamentary democracies

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-84147-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Angela Fontan ◽

Claudio Altafini

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Formation Process ◽

Signed Graph ◽

Balance Theory ◽

Collective Decision Making ◽

Dynamical Models ◽

Average Correlation ◽

Parliamentary Democracies ◽

Signed Network ◽

The Government

AbstractIn parliamentary democracies, government negotiations talks following a general election can sometimes be a long and laborious process. In order to explain this phenomenon, in this paper we use structural balance theory to represent a multiparty parliament as a signed network, with edge signs representing alliances and rivalries among parties. We show that the notion of frustration, which quantifies the amount of “disorder” encoded in the signed graph, correlates very well with the duration of the government negotiation talks. For the 29 European countries considered in this study, the average correlation between frustration and government negotiation talks ranges between 0.42 and 0.69, depending on what information is included in the edges of the signed network. Dynamical models of collective decision-making over signed networks with varying frustration are proposed to explain this correlation.

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The Structural Balance Theory of Sentiment Networks: Elaboration and Test

American Journal of Sociology ◽

10.1086/692757 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 123 (2) ◽

pp. 510-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Craig M. Rawlings ◽

Noah E. Friedkin

Keyword(s):

Balance Theory ◽

Structural Balance

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Group Effects on Individual Inferences

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1972.34.1.15 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 15-25

Author(s):

Marcia Guttentag ◽

Gloria Wheeler

Keyword(s):

Likelihood Ratio ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Bayes Theorem ◽

Group Decisions ◽

Normative Model ◽

Conformity Effect ◽

Group Effects

Group effects on individual inferences were studied to determine whether risky shifts in individual judgments would follow group decisions. Ss were asked to make likelihood ratio estimations in a non-cumulative condition and cumulative odds estimates in another condition. Ss were either in individual followed by group conditions or the reverse. Both natural and ad hoc 5-person groups were used. The normative model provided by Bayes' theorem was used to examine groups with effects on individual judgments. Natural and ad hoc groups did not differ. Noncumulative likelihood-ratio groups were veridical compared with the normative model. Although cumulative odds group were conservative in their judgments, no systematic shifts in a risky or conservative direction were found for either task. The group had an anchoring or conformity effect on later judgments of individuals, but this effect was not in the direction of veridicality.

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