ICTS:31032

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Conformity (Lecture 3)

Conformity (Lecture 3)

(2025). Conformity (Lecture 3). SciVideos. https://youtube.com/live/4SAXI6Z0cR4

Conformity (Lecture 3). SciVideos, Mar. 21, 2025, https://youtube.com/live/4SAXI6Z0cR4 

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            year = {2025},
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James O. Weatherall
Talk numberICTS:31032
Source RepositoryICTS-TIFR
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Abstract

The talk will discuss a different modification to the Bala-Goyal framework.  Here agents form beliefs based on their own experience and that of their neighbors, just like in the base model.  But they do not always perform the action they believe is best.  Instead, they weigh their expected payoff from taking a given action against their preference for conforming with their neighbors.  This modification leads to several new effects, including a different way in which polarization may arise, this time due to network structure.  We will conclude by reflecting on what it means that there are multiple, apparently distinct ways in which polarization can arise in simple models.