Collective Behavior, Defined
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State
Collective behavior is noninstitutionalized group activity that several or many people engage in voluntarily, outside any formal institution's direction.
Show
Commuters walking home and teenagers adopting the same hairstyle both count as collective behavior, though neither is institutionally coordinated.
Watch for
Collective behavior is voluntary and noninstitutionalized; behavior organized by a formal institution, like a scheduled parade permit, falls outside the term.
Builds on
- Nothing — this is a starting point.