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Golden section relations in interpersonal judgement
Author(s) -
Benjafield John,
Green T. R. G.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1978.tb01629.x
Subject(s) - judgement , psychology , interpersonal communication , variety (cybernetics) , social psychology , interpersonal relationship , section (typography) , statistics , epistemology , computer science , mathematics , philosophy , operating system
A model of the organization of interpersonal judgements, based on the hypothesis that people tend to organize their judgements in Golden Section ratios, was presented. A theory of the process of interpersonal judgement, based on the notion that people judge acquaintances using a Fibonacci‐like decision rule, was then developed. A computer simulation of the theory yielded results consistent with the model. An experiment in which subjects judged a variety of sets of acquaintances also yielded results consistent with the model.