Overview:

This System Dynamics model operationalizes the dynamic, reciprocal relationships between Subjective Culture, Self-construal, and Goal Orientation across developmental time.

Key Pathways Tested:

1. Culture→Goals & Self→Goals: Goal Orientation is calculated as a weighted composite where Alignment determines whether goals are internally or externally generated.

2. Culture→Self: Macro-level direct cultural socialization pulls Self-Construal toward cultural norms over developmental time (tmacro​=18).

3. Goals→Self: Reciprocal feedback from goal pursuit reshapes Self-Construal, with the feedback rate moderated by Alignment ( cultural goodness-of-fit).

An implementation of the classic Game of Life using agent based modeling.

• A live cell with less than two alive neighbors dies.
• A live cell with more than three alive neighbors dies.
• A dead cell with three neighbors becomes alive.