Brain for Social Identity Theory Model

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globals [
  levels-dimension1
  levels-dimension2
  levels-dimension3
  a ; useful for iteration
  b
  c
  x
  dimension-dominant-next-child
  overall-importance-list
  overall-max-value
]

breed [Dimension1 Levels1]
breed [Dimension2 Levels2]
breed [Dimension3 Levels3]

turtles-own [
  active       ; whether this level of a given dimension is accurate for a given brain
  social-identification
  num-times-used
  current-salience
  comparative-fit
  normative-fit
  overall-importance
]

links-own [
  link-active        ; whether this link (between active levels) is active for a given brain
  link-num-times-used
  link-social-identification
  link-comparative-fit
  link-normative-fit
  link-overall-importance
  link-current-salience
]

to setup [
          levels-dimension1-fromparent
          levels-dimension2-fromparent
          levels-dimension3-fromparent]
  ca
  set-default-shape turtles "circle"

  set levels-dimension1 levels-dimension1-fromparent
  set levels-dimension2 levels-dimension2-fromparent
  set levels-dimension3 levels-dimension3-fromparent

  ; make all the possible identity nodes (i.e. all the levels for each dimension), using information from the parent model
  create-dim1
  create-dim2
  create-dim3

  ask turtles [
    set comparative-fit 0
    set normative-fit 0
    set num-times-used 0
    set social-identification 0
    set current-salience 0
    set size 1
    set color 3]
  ; create all possible links between turtles, and set them to inactive + grey

  link-all-levels
end 

to create-dim1
  set a 1
  create-Dimension1 levels-dimension1
  ask Dimension1 [
      let y 32 / (levels-dimension1 + 2) * a - 15
      setxy -10 y
      set a a + 1]
end 

to create-dim2
  set a 1
  create-Dimension2 levels-dimension2
  ask Dimension2 [
      let y 32 / (levels-dimension2 + 2) * a - 15
      setxy 0 y
      set a a + 1]
end 

to create-dim3
  set a 1
  create-Dimension3 levels-dimension3
  ask Dimension3 [
      let y 32 / (levels-dimension3 + 2) * a - 15
      setxy 10 y
      set a a + 1]
end 

to link-all-levels
  ask turtles [
    create-links-with other turtles]
  ask links [
    set color 3
    set link-active 0
    set link-social-identification 0
    set link-comparative-fit 0
    set link-normative-fit 0
    set link-overall-importance 0
    set link-current-salience 0]
end 

to activate-levels [
           dim1_level
           dim2_level
           dim3_level
           dimension-dominant]
  ; first, select one level of each identity dimension to be active
  ask Levels1 (dim1_level - 1) [
    set active 1     ; this is the level of this identity that is active for this brain
    set color green]
  ask Levels2 (dim2_level + levels-dimension1 - 1) [
    set active 1
    set color green]
  ask Levels3 (dim3_level + levels-dimension1 + levels-dimension2 - 1) [
    set active 1
    set color green]

  ; now, have the links between the active nodes also be active
  ask links [if ([active] of end1 = 1) and ([active] of end2 = 1) [
    set link-active 1
    set color green]]

  ;now, assign one instance of enacting the identity to the "dimension-dominant" identity for this agent in the parent model
  if dimension-dominant = 1 [
    ask Dimension1 with [active = 1] [set num-times-used 1]]
  if dimension-dominant = 2 [
    ask Dimension2 with [active = 1] [set num-times-used 1]]
  if dimension-dominant = 3 [
    ask Dimension3 with [active = 1] [set num-times-used 1]]

  ; if intersectionality is a thing, assign dominance to the right link
  if dimension-dominant = 12 [
      ask links with [(link-active = 1 and (([breed] of [end1] of self = Dimension1 and [breed] of [end2] of self = Dimension2) or ([breed] of [end1] of self = Dimension2 and [breed] of [end2] of self = Dimension1)))] [
        set link-num-times-used 1]]
  if dimension-dominant = 23 [
      ask links with [(link-active = 1 and (([breed] of [end1] of self = Dimension2 and [breed] of [end2] of self = Dimension3) or ([breed] of [end1] of self = Dimension3 and [breed] of [end2] of self = Dimension2)))] [
        set link-num-times-used 1]]
  if dimension-dominant = 13 [
      ask links with [(link-active = 1 and (([breed] of [end1] of self = Dimension1 and [breed] of [end2] of self = Dimension3) or ([breed] of [end1] of self = Dimension3 and [breed] of [end2] of self = Dimension1)))] [
        set link-num-times-used 1]]
end 

to gather-salience [
         dim1-salience-from-context
         dim2-salience-from-context
         dim3-salience-from-context
         intersectionality]
    ; these are standardized to be a # that is % of total salience
    ask Dimension1 [set current-salience item ([WHO] of self) dim1-salience-from-context]
    ask Dimension2 [set current-salience item ([WHO] of self - levels-dimension1) dim2-salience-from-context]
    ask Dimension3 [set current-salience item ([WHO] of self - levels-dimension1 - levels-dimension2) dim3-salience-from-context]
    if intersectionality = 1 [
      ask links [set link-current-salience (([[current-salience] of end1] of self + [[current-salience] of end2] of self) / 2)]
    ]
end 

to define-comparative-fit [
          sharedlevel-distance-cat1
          sharedlevel-distance-cat2
          sharedlevel-distance-cat3
          notsharedlevel-distance-cat1
          notsharedlevel-distance-cat2
          notsharedlevel-distance-cat3
          sharedlevel-distance-intersection12
          sharedlevel-distance-intersection23
          sharedlevel-distance-intersection13
          notsharedlevel-distance-intersection12
          notsharedlevel-distance-intersection23
          notsharedlevel-distance-intersection13
          intersectionality]
  ; these are set to be numbers that are % of total possible comparative fit
  ask Dimension1 with [active = 1] [set comparative-fit round((notsharedlevel-distance-cat1 / sharedlevel-distance-cat1) * 10)]
  ask Dimension2 with [active = 1] [set comparative-fit round((notsharedlevel-distance-cat2 / sharedlevel-distance-cat2) * 10)]
  ask Dimension3 with [active = 1] [set comparative-fit round((notsharedlevel-distance-cat3 / sharedlevel-distance-cat3) * 10)]
  if intersectionality = 1 [
    ask activelink-intersection12 [set link-comparative-fit round((notsharedlevel-distance-intersection12 / sharedlevel-distance-intersection12) * 10)]
    ask activelink-intersection23 [set link-comparative-fit round((notsharedlevel-distance-intersection23 / sharedlevel-distance-intersection23) * 10)]
    ask activelink-intersection13 [set link-comparative-fit round((notsharedlevel-distance-intersection13 / sharedlevel-distance-intersection13) * 10)]]
end 

to define-normative-fit [
           normative-fit-cat1
           normative-fit-cat2
           normative-fit-cat3
           normative-fit-intersection12
           normative-fit-intersection23
           normative-fit-intersection13
           intersectionality]
  ; these are set to be numbers that are a % of total possible normative fit
  ask Dimension1 with [active = 1] [set normative-fit normative-fit-cat1]
  ask Dimension2 with [active = 1] [set normative-fit normative-fit-cat2]
  ask Dimension3 with [active = 1] [set normative-fit normative-fit-cat3]
  if intersectionality = 1 [
    ask activelink-intersection12 [set link-normative-fit normative-fit-intersection12]
    ask activelink-intersection23 [set link-normative-fit normative-fit-intersection23]
    ask activelink-intersection13 [set link-normative-fit normative-fit-intersection13]
  ]
end 

to determine-next-dimension [
             weight1
             weight2
             weight3
             weight4
             intersectionality
             dimension-dominant]
  ; have each active node determine how important it is, according to the weights of the four calculated measures
  ifelse (weight1 + weight2 + weight3 + weight4) != 0 [
    ask turtles with [active = 1] [
      set overall-importance ((normative-fit * weight1) + (comparative-fit * weight2) + (current-salience * weight3) + (social-identification * weight4))
      set size overall-importance / ( 25 * (weight1 + weight2 + weight3 + weight4))] ; scaling to make it pretty
    ifelse intersectionality = 1 [
      ask links with [link-active = 1][
        set link-overall-importance ((link-normative-fit * weight1) + (link-comparative-fit * weight2) + (link-current-salience * weight3) + (link-social-identification * weight4))
        set thickness (link-overall-importance / (weight1 + weight2 + weight3 + weight4)) / 200] ; scaling to make it pretty
      set overall-importance-list (list
        ([overall-importance] of Dimension1 with [active = 1])
        ([overall-importance] of Dimension2 with [active = 1])
        ([overall-importance] of Dimension3 with [active = 1])
        ([link-overall-importance] of activelink-intersection13)
        ([link-overall-importance] of activelink-intersection12)
        ([link-overall-importance] of activelink-intersection23))
      set overall-max-value max flatten-list overall-importance-list
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 0 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 1]
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 1 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 2]
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 2 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 3]
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 3 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 13]
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 4 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 12]
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 5 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 23]]
    [
      set overall-importance-list (list ([overall-importance] of Dimension1 with [active = 1]) ([overall-importance] of Dimension2 with [active = 1]) ([overall-importance] of Dimension3 with [active = 1]))
      set overall-max-value max flatten-list overall-importance-list
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 0 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 1]
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 1 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 2]
      if position overall-max-value flatten-list overall-importance-list = 2 [
        set dimension-dominant-next-child 3]]]
  [ set dimension-dominant-next-child dimension-dominant]
end 

to set-social-identification [
            number-of-ticks
            dimension-dominant
            intersectionality]
  if dimension-dominant = 1 [
    ask Dimension1 with [active = 1] [
      set num-times-used num-times-used + 1]]
  if dimension-dominant = 2 [
    ask Dimension2 with [active = 1] [
      set num-times-used num-times-used + 1]]
  if dimension-dominant = 3 [
    ask Dimension3 with [active = 1] [
      set num-times-used num-times-used + 1]]
  ask turtles with [active = 1] [set social-identification round((num-times-used / (number-of-ticks + 1)) * 100) ] ; social identification is the % of the total ticks that this has been used
  if intersectionality = 1 [
    if dimension-dominant = 12 [
      ask activelink-intersection12 [set link-num-times-used link-num-times-used + 1]]
    if dimension-dominant = 23 [
      ask activelink-intersection23 [set link-num-times-used link-num-times-used + 1]]
    if dimension-dominant = 13 [
      ask activelink-intersection13 [set link-num-times-used link-num-times-used + 1]]
    ask links with [link-active = 1] [set link-social-identification round((link-num-times-used / (number-of-ticks + 1)) * 100) ]
  ]
end 

to-report activelink-intersection12
  report links with [(link-active = 1) and (([breed] of end1 = Dimension1 and [breed] of end2 = Dimension2) or ([breed] of end1 = Dimension2 and [breed] of end2 = Dimension1))]
end 

to-report activelink-intersection23
  report links with [(link-active = 1) and (([breed] of end1 = Dimension2 and [breed] of end2 = Dimension3) or ([breed] of end1 = Dimension3 and [breed] of end2 = Dimension2))]
end 

to-report activelink-intersection13
  report links with [(link-active = 1) and (([breed] of end1 = Dimension1 and [breed] of end2 = Dimension3) or ([breed] of end1 = Dimension3 and [breed] of end2 = Dimension1))]
end 

to-report flatten-list [ #lst ]
   ; flattens nested lists to a single list. Embellishes on "sentence" in that [[1 2] [3 4]] is
   ; flattened to [1 2 3 4] rather than being unaffected as sentence will do.
   ; if lst contains a list, flatten it and then call flatten-list again in case there were sublists.
   ; otherwise, just return lst.
   if (reduce [?1 or is-list? ?2] fput false #lst) [
     set #lst reduce [sentence ?1 ?2] #lst
     set #lst flatten-list #lst
   ]
   report #lst
end 

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