Collective Consciousness | Collective Hysteria |
Collective Narcissism | Conformity |
Culture | Fear of Missing Out |
Groupthink | Herd Behavior / Swarm Behavior |
Norms | Saving Face |
Self-censoring | Shared Expectations |
Shared Identity | Social Exclusion |
Social Inclusion | Social Movements |
Trends |
Detailed Examples
A particular style of socks is suddenly popular with high school girls across an entire city or nation.A crowd in a large room suddenly rush for the exits based on some perceived danger that doesn't actually exist.People in a city send negative social signals (rudeness) to someone who breaks some local norm of behavior by talking loudly on a mobile phone.Students in a school feel they can't express what they really think because they know it violates prevailing groupthink.The crowd at a concert experience a euphoric sense of shared experience whereby they feel shared emotions and a sense of cohesion and comradery with strangers.People in a nation, city or corporation develop a sense of collective narcissism whereby they are collectively self-interested, self-admiring and oblivious to problems. Market participants rush to buy a trendy new asset driven by a fear of missing out.| Overview: Collective Behavior | ||
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Definition | Shared behavior that is spontaneously formed by a distinctly group process. | |
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