SOC 3332 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 collective behaviour and crowd theory
15 Jan 2018
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There a tendency for you to kind of change when you"re part of a larger group. Peer pressure and a tendency to conform are involved in groups. Nobody wants to be the odd man out so you will follow the groups norms. Aspect that were social creatures and have our own unique personality but as we become members of a group, there is a force that is exhorted on us. A good majority of us will succumb to this peer pressure to conform to the group even if its against what we really thing. The deeper we are in a crowd, the lesser individual choice. Collective group of people will have their own dynamic system. Refer to a miscellaneous set of behaviours in which a large number of people engage. Refers to relatively spontaneous and relatively unstructured behaviour by large numbers of individuals acting with or being influenced by other individuals. Relatively spontaneous - somewhat spontaneous but somewhat planned.
