Section 12: Coordination and Culture
In this set of lectures, we consider some models of culture. We begin with some background on what culture is and why it's so important to social scientists. In the analytic section, we begin with a very simple game called the pure coordination game In this game, the players win only if they choose the same action. Which action they choose doesn't matter -- so long as they choose the same one. For example, whether you drive on the left or the right side of the road is not important, but what is important is that you drive on the same side as everyone else. We then consider situations in which people play multiple coordination games and study the emergence of culture. In our final model, we include a desire consistency as well as coordination in a model that produces the sorts of cultural signatures seen in real world data. The readings for this section include some of my notes on coordination games and then the Bednar et al academic paper. In that paper, you see how we used Markov Processes to study the model. There is also a link to the Axelrod Net Logo Model.
Coordination Games
Bednar et al. 2010
Axelrod Culture Model in Netlogo
anthropologist 人类学家
Culture, is the complex whole which includes knowledge,, belief, art, law, morals, customs. --Talor
Culture, is the totality of mental and physical reactions and activities that characterize behavioral responses to environment, others and to himself. --Boaz
jargon 术语
suboptimal 次佳的
Ultimatum Game
secular rational 世俗侠
survival-expressive - self-expressive
traditional - secular rational
Confucian 孔子的，儒学的 Confucian 唯心
Dynamism 活力，动态性，唯物
Islamic 伊斯兰的
Zimbabwe
Hofstede's Dimensions
Masculinity 男性气质
Femininity 女性气质
buzzword 流行词
be entitled to 有权
Richer countires trust more
The Ketchup question
cupboard 碗柜
convertor 转换器
ramification 分叉
Pure Coordination Game 囚徒困境
Coordination Game: Measurable difference in payoffs, no one would choose not to coordinate
Standing Ovation: could be more “psychological”, itʼs okay to differ
Maui - Des Moines Game
Shake -Bow Game 握手-鞠躬
Metric - English Game 公制
Axelrod's Culture Model
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Section 12: Coordination and Culture In this set of lectures, we consider some models of culture. We begin with some background on what culture is and why it's so important to social scientists. In the analytic section, we begin with a very simple game called the pure coordination game In this game, the players win only if they choose the same action. Which action they choose doesn't matter -- so long as they choose the same one. For example, whether you drive on the left or the right side of the road is not important, but what is important is that you drive on the same side as everyone else. We then consider situations in which people play multiple coordination games and study the emergence of culture. In our final model, we include a desire consistency as well as coordination in a model that produces the sorts of cultural signatures seen in real world data. The readings for this section include some of my notes on coordination games and then the Bednar et al academic paper. In that paper, you see how we used Markov Processes to study the model. There is also a link to the Axelrod Net Logo Model. Coordination Games Bednar et al. 2010 Axelrod Culture Model in Netlogo
anthropologist 人类学家 Culture, is the complex whole which includes knowledge,, belief, art, law, morals, customs. --Talor Culture, is the totality of mental and physical reactions and activities that characterize behavioral responses to environment, others and to himself. --Boaz jargon 术语 suboptimal 次佳的 Ultimatum Game secular rational 世俗侠 survival-expressive - self-expressive traditional - secular rational Confucian 孔子的，儒学的 Confucian 唯心 Dynamism 活力，动态性，唯物 Islamic 伊斯兰的 Zimbabwe Hofstede's Dimensions Masculinity 男性气质 Femininity 女性气质 buzzword 流行词 be entitled to 有权 Richer countires trust more The Ketchup question cupboard 碗柜 convertor 转换器 ramification 分叉 Pure Coordination Game 囚徒困境 Coordination Game: Measurable difference in payoffs, no one would choose not to coordinate Standing Ovation: could be more “psychological”, itʼs okay to differ Maui - Des Moines Game Shake -Bow Game 握手-鞠躬 Metric - English Game 公制 Axelrod's Culture Model