Adam Waytz

Adam Waytz

Adam Waytz is a psychologist and the first author, with Liane Young, of the 2012 Psychological Science paper The group-member mind trade-off: Attributing mind to groups versus group members.

Who they are

Waytz published the 2012 paper with Liane Young. This page records that authorship; no biographical detail beyond the paper has been verified for it.

Key papers

Waytz, A., & Young, L. (2012). The group-member mind trade-off: Attributing mind to groups versus group members. Psychological Science, 23(1), 77-85. doi:10.1177/0956797611423546

Key ideas

The paper reports a trade-off in how mind is attributed: the more people credit a group with a mind of its own, the less they credit its individual members. Groups credited with a stronger collective mind were also seen as more cohesive. See The Group-Member Mind Trade-Off.

Sources

  1. Waytz, A., & Young, L. (2012). Psychological Science, 23(1), 77-85.