Social Models

These models and simulations have been tagged “Social”.

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Based on 2023 framework from Australian Treasury mapped into the Salutogenesis framework via social wellbeing
Measuring What Matters Framework
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Rich picture version of nutrient flow model insight 760. From p194 of The Reflective Practitioner Donald A Schon Basic Books 1983

Nutrient Flow Model with images
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Adapted from Fig 9.1 p.349 of the Book: James A. Forte ( 2007), Human Behavior and The Social Environment: Models, Metaphors and Maps for Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Practice  Thomson Brooks/Cole Belmont ISBN 0-495-00659-9

Behavioral Theory Map
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WIP from Eric Pruyt Netherlands

Societal Ageing
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Leverage points interactions
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This map shows the tactics of those in power in the story plot
The antagonist will already have many in place before the protagonist and his team realize there is a problem and there is a story to be told to identify and remove the antagonist team by using tactics suited to them that destroy the antagonist and complete the problem solving process
STRATEGIC POWER TACTICS
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​In a recent report, the World Economic Forum considered that the use of robots in economic activity will cause far more job losses in the near future than there will be new ones created. Every economic sector will be affected. The CLD tries to illustrate the dynamic effects of replacing human workers with robots. This  dynamic  indicates that if there is no replacement of the  income forgone by the laid off workers, then the economy will soon grind to a halt. To avoid disaster, there must be enough money in circulation, not parked in off-shore investments, to permit the purchase of all the goods and services produced by robots. The challenge for the government is to make sure that this is  case.  

ROBOTS AND A DISATROUS ECONOMIC DYNAMIC
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Summary of Buchanan 2008 AJPH article
Autonomy Paternalism and Justice: Ethics in Public Health
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Diagram adapted from Chaix2009 review article with multiscale effects of geography and neighbourhoods on individuals developing coronary heart disease
Geographic living environments and coronary heart disease
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A MAP SHOWING THE INTEGRATION OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF MALE MIND AND FEMALE MIND FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS
INTEGRATION OF MALE MIND AND FEMALE MIND PROBLEM SOLVING
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The fact that we all strive to reduce psychologically inconsistent thoughts  is a well-researched phenomenon. When we hold two conflicting thoughts in our heads we feel an overwhelming desire to reduce this conflict. This desire can be a powerful driver in the way we behave. Most of us are aware at some level that if we took the threat of climate change seriously we would need to completely change our routines and the way we behave. Flying off on holiday would be out of the question. Swimming pools would be a past luxury. Most of us would need to give up our cars and become vegetarians. The list can be extended almost endlessly. Very often, subconsciously, we try to reduce troubling and inconvenient facts by minimizing, ignoring or even by denying them. Could this be why we hardly talk about climate change even in the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather events and obvious signs that it is occurring now?

This subject needs to be openly talked about between us and in the press. The seriousness of global warming makes it a necessity.  Only when this happens will politicians have the space and incentive to act on our behalf. But before this can happen we need to be aware of the reason why we avoid talking about this subject – this graph tries to illustrate the harmful dynamic that could be responsible for it.

The dynamic that prevents confronting climate change
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WIP summaries of bill mitchell's blog postings related to the connections between macroeconomics and wellbeing, particularly via unemployment and inflation
Clone of Unemployment and wellbeing
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From Fig.1 Communication for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its Outcomes/Maria Elena Figueroa et al (2002) paper 

Clone of Convergence Model of Communication
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This map shows the basic story plot outline of 14 complex scenes (plus sometimes a middle 8 making 15 total basics that can be split if necessary)
1) AN INTRO
2) 4 ACTS OF SAME LENGTH OF 3 COMPLEX SCENES EACH
a) A REASON AND MOTIVATION TO SOLVE THE STORY PROBLEM
b) MIDDLE 2 ACTS ARE OFTEN A LONG ACT 2 MIXING THE 6 COMPONENTS of 3 finding purpose(s) and 3 finding method(s)
A MIDDLE 8 SCENE IS OFTEN HALF WAY THROUGH STORY as a revery
c) A FINAL ACT OF 3 SCENES EVALUATING SOLVING THE STORY PROBLEM
3) AN OUTRO, CONCLUSION AND TEASE TO NEXT STORY if problem solved by other problem is exposed or created
THE GUY LAKEMAN STORY TIMELINE
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The fact that we all strive to reduce psychologically inconsistent thoughts  is a well-researched phenomenon. When we hold two conflicting thoughts in our heads we feel an overwhelming desire to reduce this conflict. This desire can be a powerful driver in the way we behave. Most of us are aware at some level that if we took the threat of climate change seriously we would need to completely change our routines and the way we behave. Flying off on holiday would be out of the question. Swimming pools would be a past luxury. Most of us would need to give up our cars and become vegetarians. The list can be extended almost endlessly. Very often, subconsciously, we try to reduce troubling and inconvenient facts by minimizing, ignoring or even by denying them. Could this be why we hardly talk about climate change even in the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather events and obvious signs that it is occurring now?

This subject needs to be openly talked about between us and in the press. The seriousness of global warming makes it a necessity.  Only when this happens will politicians have the space and incentive to act on our behalf. But before this can happen we need to be aware of the reason why we avoid talking about this subject – this graph tries to illustrate the harmful dynamic that could be responsible for it.

Clone of The dynamic that prevents confronting climate change
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Work in progress with Jim Rogers

Sorokin Social and Cultural Dynamics
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A Launchpad for Applied Social Work Theory Metaphors and Connections see review.Adapted from Table 14.3 p563 and Table 14.4 p564 of the Book: James A. Forte ( 2007), Human Behavior and The Social Environment: Models, Metaphors and Maps for Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Practice  Thomson Brooks/Cole Belmont ISBN 0-495-00659-94 Jackson book CST and healthcare video added in 2024

Social Theory Metaphors and Critical Systems Perspectives
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Counterfactual views are claims or beliefs that are contrary to established facts. Such views can be extremely harmful.  An example would be the false claims made by climate-change-deniers. This simple graph of two self-reinforcing loops illustrates that there are circumstances where such false beliefs strengthen once a sufficiently large number have accepted them. The mechanism, well documented by research in cognitive psychology, is frequent repetition, which makes such false messages appear ever more familiar and to take on an air of factual truth.

An effective leverage point would be for newspapers and TV station simply to deny to authors that want to spread counterfactual views access to their platforms.  Whilst everybody has the right to express their opinion, does anybody have the right to invent their own facts in an attempt to undermine general well-being?

Counterfactual views in a selfreinforcing environment
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This common archetype of systems that include relapse or recidivism allows exploration of the unintended effects of increasing upstream capacity and swamping downstream capacity. The increase in the relapse rate eventually returns to swamp upstream capacity as well. A social welfare example, based on a TANF case study, from How Small System Dynamics Models Can Help the Policy Process. N. Ghaffarzadegan, J. Lyneis, GP Richardson. System Dynamics Review 27,1 (2011) 22-44 abstract Conference version at http://bit.ly/HlxtZj

Clone of Swamping Insight
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WIP Summary of Michael Thompson's Book See also Marco Verweij's 2011 book Clumsy Solutions for a Wicked World
Organising and Disorganising
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This insight tells the sequence of events in the use of Endosulfan ​pesticide leading to control and regulations on its use
The Fight Against Endosulfan Pesticide
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Modelo que permite estimar el respeto de los conductores a los peatones
DS Pedagogía Víal
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Adapted from Fig 5.1 p.186 of the Book: James A. Forte ( 2007), Human Behavior and The Social Environment: Models, Metaphors and Maps for Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Practice  Thomson Brooks/Cole Belmont ISBN 0-495-00659-9

Clone of Applied Systems Theory Map