Question

If you could do research on any one type of collective behavior, which type would it be? Define the type of collective behavior that you choose and discuss why you think you’d like to study this type? What would you hope to learn?

Answer 1

The crowd

Step-by-step explanation:

Collective behaviour is the actions of a group of people outside the rules of the institute or society, per say. In this instance, a group of persons looses their individuality and the entire group acts as a whole.

There are three examples of collective behaviour and these are:

1. The crowd
2. The mob
3. The riot

The collective behaviour I would like to study is the crowd. The reason for this is to understand how these people identify who is a part of their crowd and how they decide to let in certain individuals.

I would also like to understand the dynamics of how a crowd forms and who self designates as the leader and most importantly what is the psychology of the individuals that mindlessly follow these crowds and what is the ultimate gain.

Crowds are a part of our social evolution and is a phenomenon that requires the deepest understanding and further study.