Disruption of Social Orders in Societal Transitions as Affective Control of Uncertainty

• Published in: The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 311 - 331
• Main Authors: Hoey, Jesse, Schröder, Tobias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2023; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Bayesian analysis; Change agents; Climate change; Coherence; Conflict; Control theory; Disruption; Emotions; Meaning; Mitigation; Operational definitions; Polarization; Professional identity; Simulation; Social interaction; Social problems; Technological change; Uncertainty; Bayesian affect control theory; societal change; uncertainty; social order

Bayesian affect control theory is a model of affect-driven social interaction under conditions of uncertainty. In this paper, we investigate how the operationalization of uncertainty in the model can be related to the disruption of social orders—societal pressures to adapt to ongoing environmental a...