Sociology Index

Behavior

Behavior is human conduct relative to social norms. Human behavior from a sociological perspective. Social behavior is behavior among two or more organisms within the same species, and encompasses any behavior in which one member affects the other. Are the same behaviors of people considered deviant in all historical errors, in all social contexts? Why do some people engage in deviant behavior? How does society respond to deviant behavior? Behavioral Science is the analysis of human behavior and major social institutions, social inequality, the sociology of family, political sociology, economic sociology, and sociology of health and medicine from a sociological perspective.

 

 

Collective Behavior: Throughout history, in all societies and civilizations, people have absorbed themselves in episodes of dramatic behavior, such as the crowd, the riot, and the revolution. The nature of these episodes has long attracted a curiosity that has evolved into a loosely defined field of sociology and a concept known as collective behavior. Sociologists define collective behavior as the actions, often disorganized, taken by a large number of people gathered together usually in defiance of society's norms.

Collective behavior is defined as activity involving a relatively large number of people that is often spontaneous. It is typically short-term behavior. Social movements and activism are organized and relatively sustained activities that have a clear goal in terms of achieving or preventing some social change.

The three generalized types of collective behavior are: