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Area of Science:

  • Semiotics
  • Linguistics
  • Social Sciences
  • Evolutionary Psychology

Background:

  • Group communication experiments reveal convergence on shared signs/terms.
  • This convergence ranges from spontaneous practices to conventionalization, termed implicit institutionalization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the emergence and establishment of institutional interactions.
  • To characterize institution emergence in evolutionary and normative terms.
  • To analyze the transition from tacit practice to explicit rules.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of semiotics and linguistics experiments on group communication.
  • Examination of the process from spontaneous convergence to conventionalization.
  • Exploration of the role of explicit instructions in institutional development.

Main Results:

  • Groups converge on common signs/terms when facing problems.
  • Conventionalization of practices represents implicit institutionalization.
  • Explicit instructions create normative distinctions between success and correctness.

Conclusions:

  • Institutions evolve from adaptive responses to environmental pressures.
  • The capacity to instruct and refine problem-solving shapes environments.
  • This process distinguishes between conditions of success and correctness, forming true institutions.