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"This book was undertaken in the belief that it is now feasible to give more than passing consideration to the problem of the social interactions in which the individual develops his personality and in which he manifests that personality. Data have been accumulating here and there, data which are often conflicting, unrelated, and incomplete but which are in the mass nevertheless impressive. It has been my aim to bring these data together, to supplement them with the results of general observation, and to build therefrom a tentative frame of reference for further study. In accordance with considerable precedent, I have designated this field of sociopsychological inquiry "collective behavior"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Sociology Reference Guide: Studies in Collective Behavior -- Contents -- Introduction -- Durkheim's Collective Conscience -- Collective Behavior: Contagion Theory -- Convergence Theory -- Emergent-Norm Theory -- Collective Memory -- Localized Collectivities: Mobs, Riots & -- Crowd Behavior -- Moral Panic -- Mass Hysteria -- Mass Media, Propaganda & -- Public Opinion -- Dispersed Collectivities: Rumors & -- Gossip.

Preface -- Theory and concepts -- Understanding online group purchasing behavior / Giuliana Isabella and Suzi Elen Ferreira Dias, University of Sao Paulo and Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, Brazil -- Modeling social interactions in game play / Jason Gordon, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, USA -- Leisure phenomenon as a complex system : exploring its potential for a dynamical approach / Gabriela Baranowski Pinto, Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education, CAPES, Brazilian Government, Brazil -- Stochastic resonation, paramagnetism and emotional contagion in collective behaviours / Alan McDonnell, Emergent Dynamic Technologies Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom -- Mathematical modeling and simulations -- Analysis of behavior stability in a multiagent system / Florin Leon, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania -- Collective behavior of active particles / Olga V. Yushchenko, Nanolectronics Department, Sumy State University, Ukraine -- Considerations on the set model of swarm behavior in the case of very large swarms / T. D. Frank, Department of Psychology and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, USA -- Collective behavior in adaptive systems : application to prism adaptation / T. D. Frank, Department of Psychology and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, USA -- The lotka-volterra-haken model for group buying, apples-to-apples group play and the competition and attraction of leisure activities / T. D. Frank, Department of Psychology and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, USA -- Index