Group Typology Shapes Social Network Representations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21453770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yi Zhang (0000-0002-7581-7061, Ningbo University), Danfeng Ai (0000-0002-6201-5000, Ningbo University), Jade Li Wang (Waterford School, Sandy, Utah, USA), Lei Ji (0000-0003-3205-8541, Ningbo University), Jipeng Duan (Ningbo University), Ying Zhou (0000-0001-7335-5601, Ningbo University), Jun Yin (0000-0002-2009-6068, Ningbo University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1461672251345186-1461672251345186 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0146-1672 • E-ISSN: 1552-7433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01461672251345186 |
| PMID | 40515515 |
| OpenAlex | W4411298842 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
Efficiently representing social networks is challenging, but cognitive schemas can help address this challenge. This study examined whether network schemas related to group typology influence social network representations. In Experiment 1, participants, who were given only group-type information and the number of relationships without network structure, freely constructed friendship networks, forming more interconnected and centralized structures for task groups than social categories. Experiment 2 provided identical partial friendship network data across group types, yet group-type labels biased participants’ inferences about potential future friendships, producing network structures similar to those in Experiment 1. In Experiment 3, participants who memorized friendships from social networks—either from a task group or social category—showed greater accuracy when the memorized network structure aligned with the group type that activated corresponding schemas. These results suggest that individuals utilize group-related schemas to represent social networks, with task groups having closer and more centralized connections than social categories do
Group (periodic table) · Sociology · Typology · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
Networks
Elements of a Lay Theory of Groups
Cognitive Load Theory
Data Analysis
PsychoPy2
G*Power 3
Group Formation and the Evolution of Human Social Organization
Structural asymmetries in the representation of giving and taking events
Balance, Agreement, and Positivity in the Cognition of Small Social Structures
The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis
Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification
Perspective-taking and memory capacity predict social network size
Intuitive theories of group types and relational principles
A functional perspective on group memberships
Who Comes to Mind? Dynamic Construction of Social Networks
Do you two know each other? Transitivity, homophily, and the need for (network) closure
The spontaneous use of a group typology as an organizing principle in memory
Social Network Schemas and the Learning of Incomplete Networks
Replay shapes abstract cognitive maps for efficient social navigation
The Social Brain
Social Networks and Cognition
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |