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Social complexity in behavioral models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2007

R. Alexander Bentley
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3HN, United Kingdom. [email protected]://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology/staff&/profiles/?id=2570

Abstract

Although the beliefs, preferences, and constraints (BPC) model may account for individuals independently making simple decisions, it becomes less useful the more complex the social setting and the decisions themselves become. Perhaps rather than seek to unify their field under one model, behavioral scientists could explore when and why the BPC model generally applies versus fails to apply as a null hypothesis.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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