Social decision-making is guided by a complex set of social norms. Computational modeling can play a significant role in enriching our understanding of these norms and how precisely they direct social choices. Here, we highlight three major advantages to using computational modeling, particularly models derived from Utility Theory, in the study of social norms. We illustrate how such models can help generate detailed processes of decision-making, enforce theoretical precision by delineating abstract concepts, and unpack when, and why, people adhere to specific social norms. For each benefit, we discuss a recent study which has employed modeling in the service of assessing the role of norms in decision-making, collectively revealing how computational modeling enables better prediction, description, and explanation of important social choices.

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社会决策的计算建模


社会决策由一套复杂的社会规范指导。计算建模可以在丰富我们对这些规范的理解以及它们如何精确地指导社会选择方面发挥重要作用。在这里，我们强调了在社会规范研究中使用计算建模的三个主要优势，特别是从效用理论衍生的模型。我们说明了这些模型如何帮助生成详细的决策过程，通过描述抽象概念来加强理论精度，并揭示人们何时以及为什么遵守特定的社会规范。对于每项好处，我们讨论了最近的一项研究，该研究采用建模来评估规范在决策中的作用，共同揭示了计算建模如何更好地预测、描述和解释重要的社会选择。