Collective behavior
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The expression collective behavior was first used by Franklin Henry and employed later by Robert E., Herbert, Ralph Turner and Lewis Killian (1957), and Neil to refer to social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structure (laws, conventions, and institutions), but which emerge in a "spontaneous" way. Use of the term has been expanded to include reference to cells, social animals like birds and fish, and insects including ants. Collective behavior takes many forms but generally violates societal norms. Collective behavior can be tremendously destructive, as with riots or mob violence, silly, as with fads, or anywhere in between. Collective behavior is always driven by group dynamics, encouraging people to engage in acts they might consider unthinkable under typical social circumstances.
See also
- Bandwagon effect
- Bioengineering
- Collective consciousness
- Collective effervescence
- Collective intelligence
- Collective hysteria
- Collective narcissism
- Complex adaptive systems
- Crowd manipulation
- Crowd psychology
- Group behaviour
- Herd behavior
- Herd morality
- Keeping up with the Joneses
- Moral panic
- Panic buying
- Penis panic
- Peer pressure
- Sheeple
- Social comparison theory
- Spiral of silence
- Swarm behaviour
- Systems science
- Theories of political behavior
- Viral phenomena}}
