Coordination in Small Groups: Matching and Mismatching

小组中的协调：匹配和不匹配

• 批准号: 0744696
• 负责人: Susanne Abele
• 金额: $ 27.75万
• 依托单位: Miami University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-03-15 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0744696&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Coordination; Small; Groups; Matching; Mismatching

Effective coordination is necessary for social interactions as varied as conversation among friends, driving and walking in high-traffic areas, playing sports and working in teams. This project distinguishes between two types of coordination -tacit and explicit coordination while distinguishing matching from mismatching problems. In matching, it is mutually beneficial for actors to choose the same action. Conversely, in mismatching, it is mutually beneficial for actors to choose different actions (e.g., divisions of labor in work teams). Matching and mismatching are expected to foster different interpersonal impression and feelings. These expectations are based on a model that integrates social categorization theory and the concept of focal points from behavioral economics. The proposed work uses a combination of computational modeling and empirical studies. This project will explore 1) how people use social knowledge to coordinate tacitly with others; 2) how successful matching and mismatching emerges over repeated interactions; and 3) how coordination success on matching and mismatching problems affect subsequent interpersonal impressions and team performances. The planned experiments will examine the conditions under which coordination does and does not foster cohesion. Ultimately, the PIs plan to : a) model the effects of task and social factors and decision rules on the development of coordinated matching and mismatching, b) use the modeling results to design efficiently empirical studies with live participants, and c) refine the computational model based on the empirical findings. Findings from the proposed research should contribute to both economic and psychological theorists. The use of a psychologically-themed simulation to represent theoretical assumptions and to derive predictions is both novel and exemplary.

有效的协调是必要的社会互动，如朋友之间的交谈，在高流量地区驾驶和行走，进行体育运动和团队工作。这个项目区分两种类型的协调-隐性和显性协调，同时区分匹配和不匹配的问题。在匹配中，行动者选择相同的行动是互利的。相反，在不匹配中，行动者选择不同的行动是互利的（例如，工作团队中的劳动分工）。匹配和不匹配被认为会产生不同的人际印象和情感。 这些期望是基于一个模型，整合了社会分类理论和行为经济学的焦点概念。拟议的工作使用计算建模和实证研究相结合。这个项目将探讨1）人们如何使用社会知识与他人进行默契协调; 2）成功的匹配和不匹配如何在重复的互动中出现;以及3）匹配和不匹配问题的协调成功如何影响随后的人际印象和团队绩效。 计划中的实验将研究协调促进和不促进凝聚力的条件。最终，PI计划：a）对任务和社会因素以及决策规则对协调匹配和不匹配发展的影响进行建模，B）使用建模结果设计有效的实证研究，并与现场参与者，以及c）根据实证研究结果改进计算模型。 从拟议的研究结果应该有助于经济和心理理论家。使用心理学为主题的模拟来表示理论假设并得出预测是新颖的和示范性的。