collective behavior رفتار ِ گردآمدی raftâr-e gerdâmadi Fr.: comportement collectif The whole behavior of a system of many interacting components,
which differs from that of the individual components. Some classical
examples are the → many-body problem,
→ phase transition, most of thermodynamic phenomena,
collective oscillations occurring in solids, etc. Physics dealt with collective
behavior much earlier than the term collective behavior was even coined.
Sociology: The more or less unpredictable act of people when being
in group, which is totally different from the behavior they would have
if acted individually.
Biology: A large number of group phenomena
such as pattern formation, self organization, trail formation, and synchronization
seen among many living creatures.
See also: → collective; → behavior. |
