Modeling Dynamic Identities and Uncertainty in Social Interactions: Bayesian Affect Control Theory

American Sociological Review

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 828-855

  Schröder, Tobias ^a   Hoey, Jesse ^b   Rogers, Kimberly B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

affect control theory; computational social science; identity; social interaction

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84979986809     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122416650963     Document Type: Article

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