We propose that abstraction is an interpersonal process and serves a social function. Research on shared reality shows that in communication, people raise their level of abstraction in order to create a common understanding with their communication partner, which can subsequently distort their mental representation of the object of communication. This work demonstrates that, beyond building accurate models, abstraction also functions to build accurate models but also to build socially shared models – to create a shared reality.

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共享的现实和抽象：预测模型的社会本质-ERRATUM。

我们认为抽象是一个人际交往的过程，并具有社会功能。对共享现实的研究表明，在交流中，人们提高了他们的抽象水平，以便与他们的交流伙伴建立共识，这随后可能使他们对交流对象的心理表现产生扭曲。这项工作表明，除了建立准确的模型之外，抽象还可以用来建立准确的模型，还可以建立社会共享的模型-创建共享的现实。