In addition to my theory-driven research, I also actively learn and develop new methods of studying culture and human behavior. I have published accessible descriptions and applications of emerging techniques such as agent-based modeling, time series analysis, computational linguistic analysis, and quantitative ethnographic analysis. I have also co-developed a method of tracking groups in real time as they form groups and engage in cooperation and coordination tasks called “in-vivo behavioral tracking”. (The banner image on this page is from an in-vivo tracking study.) Below I have listed some of my representative papers in this area.
How to Analyze the Ethnographic Record
Watts, J., Jackson, J. C., Hamerslag, E. M., Shaver, J., Purzycki, B. (in press). Building quantitative cross-cultural databases from ethnographic records: promise, problems, and principles. Cross-Cultural Research.
Using language to study the mind
Jackson, J. C., Watts, J., List, M., Puryear, C., Drabble, R., Lindquist, K. (2022). From text to thought: How analyzing language can advance psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(3), 805-826.
The Evolution of Praise/Blame Asymmetry
Schein, C., Jackson, J. C., Frasca, T., & Gray, K. (2020). Praise-Many, Blame-Fewer: A common (and successful) strategy for attributing responsibility in groups. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(5), 855-869.
Simulating large-scale collective rituals
Jackson, J. C., Jong, J., Bilkey, D., Whitehouse, H., Zollmann, S., McNaughton, C., & Halberstadt, J. (2018). Synchrony and physiological arousal increase cohesion and cooperation in large naturalistic groups. Scientific reports, 8(1), 127.
Attachment Style, Mingling, and Group Formation
Jackson, J. C., Lemay Jr, E. P., Bilkey, D., & Halberstadt, J. (2017). Beyond “birds of a feather”: A social inference approach to attachment-dependent grouping. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 73, 216-221.
Tracking Emergent Group homophily
Jackson, C. M., Jackson, J. C., Bilkey, D., Jong, J., & Halberstadt, J. (2018). The dynamic emergence of minimal groups. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 1368430218802636.
A “how-to” for agent-based modeling
Jackson, J. C., Rand, D., Lewis, K., Norton, M. I., & Gray, K. (2017). Agent-based modeling: A guide for social psychologists. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(4), 387-395.
Reviewing Research Using In-vivo tracking
Jackson, J. C., Bilkey, D., Jong, J., Rossignac-Milon, M., & Halberstadt, J. (2017). Strangers in a stadium: Studying group dynamics with in vivo behavioral tracking. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(5), 509-518.
Introducing In-Vivo Behavioral Tracking
Halberstadt, J., Jackson, J. C., Bilkey, D., Jong, J., Whitehouse, H., McNaughton, C., & Zollmann, S. (2016). Incipient social groups: An analysis via in-vivo behavioral tracking. PloS one, 11(3), e0149880.