Group dynamics on multidimensional object threat appraisals

The literature on attitudes toward objects includes seminal research threat appraisals indicating that individuals locate an object in a multidimensional appraisal space defined by the object's perceived degree of being good or bad, weak strong, and passive active. We advance this three ways. First, we generalize information integration with inclusion other individuals’ displayed appraisals, posit existence dynamical system generates network interpersonal influences group members’ appraisals. Second, show influence entails set non-obvious rarely violated constraints settled Third, data collected experiments groups’ images nine animals two nations, Russia North Korea, report empirical findings support its predicted