Psychiatry and Psychology

Mass Behavior

Collective behavior of an aggregate of individuals giving the appearance of unity of attitude, feeling, and motivation.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Collective behavior of an aggregate of individuals giving the appearance of unity of attitude, feeling, and motivation.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Behavior, Mass
  • Mass Behaviors
  • Collective Behavior
  • Group Behavior
  • Behavior, Collective
  • Behavior, Group
  • Collective Behaviors
  • Group Behaviors

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Indexing Annotation

differentiate from GROUP PROCESSES

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History Note

1974; for MASS BEHAVIOR use MASS GATHTERINGS 2022

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  1. F01.145.813w.527w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mass Behavior. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008399. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008399
  2. Mass Behavior. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_behavior
  3. Mass Behavior. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2548752