Where diversity comes from and why it matters

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5799208
AutoresSarah E Page (0000-0003-2723-5216, Center for the Study of Complex Systems University of Michigan USA, autor de correspondencia), Scott E Page (Center for the Study of Complex Systems University of Michigan USA)
Año2014
Volumen44
Número4
Páginas267-279
Fecha de publicación2014-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0046-2772 • E-ISSN: 1099-0992
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ejsp.2016
OpenAlexW2147266697
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas72

In this essay, I describe some of the benefits of cognitive diversity in a complex world as well as the origins of that diversity. The essay has two main parts sandwiched between a brief description of what I mean by diversity and complexity, as well as a brief discussion of whether social systems produce sufficient diversity. In the first part, I describe models that provide insight into why we see the levels of diversity that we do. These models rest on social psychological foundations but borrow ideas from economics as well as population genetics. In the second part, I describe the functional benefits of diversity. I show how diverse predictive models can make a collection of people better able to make accurate predictions, how diverse perspectives and heuristics can enable groups of problem solvers to find innovative new solutions to problems, and how diverse behaviors and representations of the world can make a society more robust. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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