Sociology / Unit 10 Soc 1777 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Collective Behavior, Defined
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The idea
Collective behavior is noninstitutionalized group activity that several or many people engage in voluntarily, outside any formal institution's direction.
In practice
Commuters walking home and teenagers adopting the same hairstyle both count as collective behavior, though neither is institutionally coordinated.
Where people slip
Collective behavior is voluntary and noninstitutionalized; behavior organized by a formal institution, like a scheduled parade permit, falls outside the term.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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