Alternative Maps of the World of Collective Behaviors

Details

Author(s):
  • Robert MacCoun
Publish Date:
February 1, 2014
Publication Title:
37 Behavioral and Brain Sciences 88 .
Format:
Journal Article
Citation(s):
  • Robert J. MacCoun, Alternative Maps of the World of Collective Behaviors, 37 Behavioral and Brain Sciences 88 (2014).

Abstract

I compare the collective behavior map proposed by Bentley et al. (“BOB” for short) with a similar “balance of pressures” (BOP) map proposed by MacCoun (2012). The BOB and BOP maps have important points of convergence, but also some differences. The comparison suggests that they are analogous to different map “projections” for maps of Earth – different ways of simplifying a complex reality.