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Sociological theory
Collective behavior constitutes social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structure (laws, conventions, and institutions), but
Collective_behavior
Collective behavior that achieves short-lived popularity
A fad, trend, or craze is any form of collective behavior that develops within a culture, a generation, or social group in which a group of people enthusiastically
Fad
Branch of social psychology
the individual members of the crowd and of the crowd as a collective social entity. The behavior of a crowd is much influenced by deindividuation (seen as
Crowd_psychology
Animal cognition
Collective animal behaviour is a form of social behavior involving the coordinated behavior of large groups of similar animals as well as emergent properties
Collective_animal_behavior
Behavior of individuals acting in a group
Herd behavior is the behavior of individuals in a group acting collectively without centralized direction. Herd behavior occurs in animals in herds, packs
Herd_behavior
American entrepreneur (born 1983)
Network-Scale Electrophysiology: Measuring and Understanding the Collective Behavior of Neural Circuits (Thesis). "Dario Amodei, PhD". The Hertz Foundation
Dario_Amodei
Concept in condensed matter physics
describe a collective behavior of a group of particles that can be treated as if they were a single particle. Formally, quasiparticles and collective excitations
Quasiparticle
Type of mathematical model
subsequently developed by Schelling, Axelrod, and Granovetter to model collective behavior. Schelling used a special case of Sakoda's model to describe the
Threshold_model
Sociological concept coined by Émile Durkheim
psychology Collective action Collective behavior Collective consciousness Collective hysteria Collective intelligence Echo chamber (media) Herd behavior Herd
Collective_effervescence
Swarming behaviour of birds when flying or foraging
Flocking is the behavior exhibited when a group of birds, called a flock, are foraging or in flight. Sheep and goats also exhibit flocking behavior. Flocking
Flocking
Collective behaviour of entities that swarm
David JT (2010) Collective Animal Behavior Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14843-4. Vicsek A, Zafeiris A (2012). "Collective motion". Physics
Swarm_behaviour
Chaotic collective behavior involving throwing food at each other
A food fight is a form of chaotic collective behavior, in which foodstuffs are thrown at others in the manner of projectiles. These projectiles are not
Food_fight
Indian-American computer scientist
biological multi-agent systems: models of multicellular morphogenesis, collective insect behavior. This work lies at the intersection of computer science (AI/robotics)
Radhika_Nagpal
Array of every physical action and observable emotion associated with humans
behavior encompass identity expression and intimate relationships. Collective behavior emerges in groups, crowds, and social movements, often differing
Human_behavior
Process of forming order by local interactions
occurs across various fields, including physics, chemistry, biology, collective behavior, ecology, communication networks, robotics, artificial intelligence
Self-organization
understand how movement, bodily relations, spatial organization, and collective behavior structure and transform social life. The term has evolved across
Social_choreography
1973 unidentified creature
example of collective behavior where a group or crowd can be affected by the spread of "group emotions" such as "panics, hysterias, collective visions,
Enfield_Monster
Political movement of paramilitary groups in the US
Rodeheaver. Militias in the New Millennium A Test of Smelser's Theory of Collective Behavior Page 61. Weeber, Stan C. + Rodeheaver, Daniel G. Sociological Quarterly
American_militia_movement
Shared beliefs and ideas in society
considered collective consciousness includes solidarity attitudes, memes, extreme behaviors like group-think and herd behavior, and collectively shared experiences
Collective_consciousness
System composed of many interacting components
its collective behaviors and how the system interacts and forms relationships with its environment. The study of complex systems regards collective, or
Complex_system
Group sharing social or political objectives
below. Chronologically they include: Marxist theory (1880s) collective behavior/collective action theories (1950s) relative deprivation theory (1960s)
Social_movement
Main group of bicycle riders
air resistance." A peloton is a complex system, which means that collective behavior emerges from simple rules of cyclists' interactions. Pelotons are
Peloton
Spread of illness without organic cause
South Carolina. Miller, David L. (2013). Introduction to Collective Behavior and Collective Action (3rd ed.). Waveland Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-4786-1095-3
Mass_psychogenic_illness
Artificial life algorithm
Evidence for Evolution. Swarm intelligence – Collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems Collective cell migration Artificial life – Field
Boids
American sociologist (1900–1987)
of sociology: collective behavior. This now developed area of inquiry is devoted to the exploration of collective action and behavior that is not yet
Herbert_Blumer
Unpredictable phenomenon in complex systems
Superorganism – Group of synergistic organisms Swarm intelligence – Collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems System of systems – Collection
Emergence
American sociologist (1930–2017)
sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research was on collective behavior, sociological theory, economic sociology, sociology of education
Neil_Smelser
Social insects related to cockroaches
Termite colonies are commonly described as superorganisms due to the collective behaviors of the individuals which form a self-governing entity: the colony
Termite
century to describe how persuasion worked as a phenomenon of human collective behavior. Because a distinctive function of public communication is to advance
Suggestion_theory
Section of the American Sociological Association
Collective Behavior and Social Movements (CBSM) is a section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) composed of sociologists who focus on the
Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the ASA
Collective_Behavior_and_Social_Movements_Section_of_the_ASA
Bacterial behavior
Bacteria collective motion refers to the collective behavior of bacteria observed in the bacteria world. Collective motion (or collective behavior) is a
Bacteria_collective_motion
Process where information about current status is used to influence future status
can have very complex behaviors, such as chaotic behaviors in non-linear systems, while others have much more predictable behaviors, such as those that
Feedback
System of multiple interacting agents
The goal of an ABM is to search for explanatory insight into the collective behavior of agents (which do not necessarily need to be "intelligent") obeying
Multi-agent_system
Spontaneous, unsolicited and uncritical imitation of another's behavior
information. A variety of behavioral contagion mechanisms were incorporated in models of collective human behavior. Behavioral contagion has been attributed
Behavioral_contagion
Study of circular causal processes
technological systems. Two foundational articles were published in 1943: "Behavior, Purpose and Teleology" by Arturo Rosenblueth, Norbert Wiener, and Julian
Cybernetics
Voluntary abstention from using a product or service
needed] The sociology of collective behavior is concerned with causes and conditions pertaining to behavior carried out by a collective, as opposed to an individual
Boycott
Action or behavior that violates social norms
popularly used means to achieve those goals. Often, non-routine collective behavior (rioting, rebellion, etc.) is said to map onto economic explanations
Deviance_(sociology)
Topics referred to by the same term
Behavior theory can refer to: The collective behavior theory, in sociology, the social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structure
Behavior_theory
Topics referred to by the same term
people who ‘mindlessly’ follow those in power Swarm intelligence, the collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems, natural or artificial The
Hive_mind
Allelomimetic behavior, or allomimetic behavior, is a range of activities in which the performance of a behavior increases the probability of that behavior being
Allelomimetic_behavior
Spontaneous ordered movement of independent agents
and show collective behavior. Micromotors or nanomotors can interact with self-generated gradients and exhibit schooling and exclusion behavior. For example
Collective_motion
Study and implementation of techniques that affect organizational change
beliefs that influence members' collective behavior), organizational culture (the deeply-seated norms, values, and behaviors that members share) and organizational
Organization_development
Type of white blood cell
inflammation, tissue repair, and cancer, and exhibit coordinated collective behavior. They are also known as neutrocytes, heterophils or polymorphonuclear
Neutrophil
Examining complex systems as a whole
points—places in the system where a small change could lead to a large shift in behavior".— Donella Meadows, (2008) Thinking In Systems: A Primer p.145 ...What
Systems_thinking
Movement to obtain a political goal
A political movement is a collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy or social values. Political movements are usually in opposition
Political_movement
Psychological phenomenon
knowledge of the contagion process and the theoretical approaches to collective behavior. The June bug epidemic serves as a classic example of hysterical
Hysterical_contagion
Sociological theory
change. He argued that six things were necessary and sufficient for collective behavior to emerge, and that social movements must evolve through the following
Value-added_theory
Collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems
Swarm intelligence (SI) is the collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems, natural or artificial. The concept is employed in work on
Swarm_intelligence
System whose behavior is not automatically predictable from its parts
the behavior of the ensemble may not be predictable according to the behavior of the components. It is adaptive in that the individual and collective behavior
Complex_adaptive_system
Collective cell migration describes the movements of group of cells and the emergence of collective behavior from cell-environment interactions and cell-cell
Collective_cell_migration
Group who have gathered for a common purpose or intent
and surveillance. Society portal Agent-based social simulation Collective animal behavior Crowd counting Crowd collapses and crushes Crowdfunding Crowd
Crowd
American sociologist (1925 – 1993)
as a member of the “Second Chicago School", Davis's studies into collective behavior, stigmatization, and cultural change have left an enduring mark on
Fred_Davis_(sociologist)
Mathematical biologist
Princeton. "Evolution selects for 'loners' that hang back from collective behavior—at least in slime molds". phys.org. Retrieved 2025-01-19. "Corina
Corina_Tarnita
In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons
"Scientists IDs genesis of animal behavior patterns". Retrieved 13 September 2014. Sumpter, D. "Collective Behavior". Ward, AJ; Krause, J; Sumpter, DJ
Shoaling_and_schooling
American sociologist
Article Award from the American Sociological Association section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Amenta's other books include When Movements
Edwin_Amenta
Colombian politician and educator
designs and implements actions to achieve voluntary changes in collective behavior. Mockus was born in Bogotá. He holds a 1972 Bachelor of Arts degree
Antanas_Mockus
Insects of the order Blattodea
accepted the collective decision on where to hide, even if this was an unusually lit place. When reared in isolation, German cockroaches show behavior that is
Cockroach
American sociologist (1929–2008)
view that societies are not connected with each other The view that collective behavior can be explained in terms of the mental state of individuals The
Charles_Tilly
Process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles
has characterized the development of science. Swarm intelligence – Collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems System dynamics – Study
Problem_solving
Abasement of pride
by students of individual and collective behavior. It is a pervasive and all too destructive influence in the behavior of individuals, groups, organizations
Humiliation
modern society as a tool for shaping public perception and managing collective behavior. The use of propaganda dates back to early forms of mass communication
Propaganda_through_media
ISSN 0884-8971. JSTOR 684803. Retrieved 2026-02-07. ASA section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements Mobilization journal Research in Social Movements
List_of_social_movements
Group intelligence that emerges from collective efforts
information, perspectives, and behaviors. The term swarm intelligence (SI) is sometimes used interchangeably with collective intelligence but is simply one
Collective_intelligence
American biologist
Lab study the behavior and ecology of ant colonies, specifically red harvester ants. She has extensively researched collective behavior, how colonies
Deborah_M._Gordon
Approach of social movements
MoveOn.org allows viewers to start their own petitions, a form of collective behavior, which could potentially start a social movement of its own. MoveOn
Political_opportunity
Slime bacterium
behavior on other microorganisms. These bacteria source carbon from lipids rather than sugars. They exhibit various forms of self-organizing behavior
Myxococcus_xanthus
Interdisciplinary social study
Crowd, he studied the collective behavior of crowds. What he concluded was that once an individual submerges in a crowd, his behavior becomes primitive and
Social_movement_theory
Associative criminal group
and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior, with such behavior often constituting a form of organized
Gang
Self-sustaining action that creates growth
the conditions under which reciprocal behavior is started within collective groups, and how reciprocal behavior becomes self-sustaining. Recent technology
Critical_mass_(sociodynamics)
Application of complexity theory to strategy
static entities. They are adaptive; in that, the individual and collective behavior mutate and self-organize corresponding to a change-initiating micro-event
Complexity theory and organizations
Complexity_theory_and_organizations
Study of behavior of groups
of the behavior of groups and of the interactions of individual group members, aiming to understand the emergence of complex social behaviors among microorganisms
Social_dynamics
American sociologist
has especially had extensive involvement in the ASA's Section on Collective Behavior & Social Movements. Between 2007 and 2014, he has served on its council
David Cunningham (sociologist)
David_Cunningham_(sociologist)
1840s fan frenzy for composer Franz Liszt
of great genius and originality". Franz Liszt Stendhal syndrome Collective behavior Fad Beatlemania Lisztomania (film) "Lisztomania" (song) Keller, Johanna
Lisztomania
German-American mathematician and physicist
combines applied mathematics, physics, and biology to understand collective behavior in complex systems. Dunkel earned diplomas in physics and mathematics
Jörn_Dunkel
Optimization algorithm
stigmergy to explain the behavior of nest building in termites; 1983, Deneubourg and his colleagues studied the collective behavior of ants; 1988, and Moyson
Ant colony optimization algorithms
Ant_colony_optimization_algorithms
American sociologist
the University of California, Irvine. His research has addressed collective behavior, social movements, homelessness and poverty, social psychology, culture
David_A._Snow
American university president (born 1966)
'Diffusion Models for Riots and Other Collective Violence'. Myers' principal research interests are collective behavior and social movements. His most recent
Daniel_J._Myers
American sociologist (born 1967)
Best Book from the American Sociological Association section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, explains that abortion law remains contentious
Drew_Halfmann
Granovetter’s work on the strength of weak ties and threshold models of collective behavior, as well as Duncan Watts and Steve Strogatz’s work on small world
Complex_contagion
Psychological tendency to exaggerate the positive image of one's social group
their identities through rewarding group-building behavior (this is positive reinforcement). Collective narcissism predicts retaliatory hostility to past
Collective_narcissism
Problem-solving method
generalization, specialization, analogy. [...] Heuristic discusses human behavior in the face of problems [... that have been] preserved in the wisdom of
Heuristic
American medical disaster thriller film by Steven Soderbergh
paramyxovirus. The film presents examples of crowd psychology and collective behavior which can lead to mass hysteria and the loss of social order. The
Contagion_(2011_film)
than a few leptons and hadrons (e.g. heavy-ion collisions), the collective behavior of the system would involve a phenomenological description that also
Event_generator
Indian-American electrical engineer
strategy used by many other predators. His current research focuses on collective behavior in biological systems and its applications to engineered systems
P._S._Krishnaprasad
Topics referred to by the same term
trendy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A trend is a form of collective behavior in which a group of people enthusiastically follow an impulse for
Trend_(disambiguation)
Terms of psychiatry
In psychology, the collective unconsciousness (German: kollektives Unbewusstes) is a term coined by Carl Jung, referring to the belief that the unconscious
Collective_unconscious
Condensed matter physics model involving only closed loops
condensed matter physics, a string-net is an extended object whose collective behavior has been proposed as a physical mechanism for topological order by
String-net_liquid
Academic journal
reviews of books concerned mainly with protests, social movements, and collective behavior. In 2017 Interface was listed by Stefan Berger and Holger Nehrin
Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements
Interface:_A_Journal_for_and_About_Social_Movements
Animal behavior to maintain health and comfort
often occurs before group activities, promoting synchronization and collective behavior. In pigs, another function of wallowing is presented, thermoregulation
Comfort_behaviour_in_animals
Physical models of filtering under forces such as gravity
continuous phase transitions which are characterized by the same type of collective behavior on large scales. Directed percolation is probably the simplest universality
Directed_percolation
American sociologist
1919–April 5, 2014) was an American sociologist who researched collective behavior and social movements. He served as president of the American Sociological
Ralph_H._Turner
Thinking in terms of destiny or purpose
an open, non-deterministic result caused by the situation and the collective behavior in response to it. Teleological-based "grand narratives" are renounced
Teleology
Concept in social psychology
theory seeks to provide an explanation for a variety of antinormative collective behavior, such as witch hunts, violent crowds and lynch mobs. There are a
Deindividuation
Virtual collective consciousness (VCC) is a term rebooted and promoted by two behavioral scientists, Yousri Marzouki and Olivier Oullier in their 2012
Virtual collective consciousness
Virtual_collective_consciousness
Behaviors of caterpillars in society
The collective behaviors of social caterpillars falls into five general categories: collective and cooperative foraging, group defense against predators
Social_caterpillars
American sociologist (born 1951)
Sociological Association's Collective Behavior and Social Movements section. Barkan's work focuses on criminology and the collective behavior of social movements
Steven_Barkan
sociology of crime, the term collective efficacy refers to the ability of members of a community to control the behavior of individuals and groups in
Collective_efficacy
System where changes of output are not proportional to changes of input
counterintuitive, contrasting with much simpler linear systems. Typically, the behavior of a nonlinear system is described in mathematics by a nonlinear system
Nonlinear_system
Mobilization: an International Journal. Zald served as chairs of the Collective Behavior and Social Movements section of the American Sociological Association
Mayer_Zald
Type of therapy to improve mental health
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that combines basic principles from cognitive psychology and behaviorism. It aims to reduce
Cognitive_behavioral_therapy
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR
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Boy/Male
Arabic
Raising; Collecting
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Collection
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Hindu
Moon, Collection
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection
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Indian
Collection of lamps
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Collection; Savings
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Tamil
Collection
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Rajasthani, Tamil, Telugu
Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection of lamps
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Biblical
Possession, seizing, collecting.
Boy/Male
Indian
Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection of lamps
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Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection
Boy/Male
Tamil
Moon, Collection
Girl/Female
Tamil
Collection
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Hindu
Collection
Girl/Female
Indian
Collection of lamps
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR
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Hindu
Goddess
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Hindu
Attractive, Beautiful
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Youngest
Boy/Male
Norse
Thunder Finn.
Girl/Female
Latin German
Gray; gray-haired.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Love for the Lively
Boy/Male
Tamil
God of night
Girl/Female
Hindi
Sophisticated.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Lives at the Elm Tree Moor
Girl/Female
Hindu
Golden, Lovely
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n.
The collective body of Christians.
a.
Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
n.
The collective body of matrons.
a.
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
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Taken together; collective.
n.
A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.
n.
The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
a.
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
n.
A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
n.
The collective body of bishops.
a.
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
n.
The collective body of baronets.
a.
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
n.
Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
a.
Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
n.
The collective body of magistrates.
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A collective body of monks.
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A collective noun or name.
a.
Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity.
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Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.