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9 May 2006

social psych and social network analysis

Speaking of fields and social network analysis, psychology offers an interesting puzzle for the relative paucity of psych-related social network analysis. Much of the classic early work in network analysis involved psychologists: Newcomb, Bavelas, Festinger, Heider, the Robbers Cave experiments. Yet in the 1960s (my impression is) the field veered away from social network analysis, which took refuge in sociology and anthropology. Perhaps this is due to power of the Asch experiments, which paradigmatically displaced much of the other work (Newcomb, Festinger) on social influence, bringing the focus more to the group level than network.

Posted by David Lazer at May 9, 2006 8:21 AM

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Asch's contribution to the development of modern psychology trends is of great importance and I agree with you that his experiments ousted the accomplishments of the predecessors and contemporaries. People are likely to conform to gain respect and favour of the certian group and because they presume the group knows much more than they do.

Posted by: Brand Search at May 11, 2006 8:30 AM