[CSS] Lecture 12: Brief history on fundamental social theories (Alessia Galdeman) Flashcards
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What is computational social science?
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2
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What do social science study?
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How people:
think/feel/behave
relate to each other
govern themself
handle wealth
create culture
3
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What does WEIRD stand for?
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wealthy
rich
4
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What is web data often?
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Not representative
poor in attributes
Dominated by power laws
5
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What can web data also be?
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6
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What is the small world hypthesis
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A common sense intuition
7
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What is the Tie strength and selection theory
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8
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what is the social brain theory
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9
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Theory à Hypothesis à Facts (and back)
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