The former focuses on the person (individual) while the latter focuses on the group (collective). What is an example of a collectivist culture? Many Asian countries such as China and Japan are collectivistic cultures. In these countries it is important to conform to social norms and put ...
The Joads have reached a camp were they are able to meet all sorts of people in the same predicament. All share the same collective beliefs, work as hard as you can and take what you need. That is the collectivist slogan, and anyone who isn't in that frame of mind is the bad guy...
Characteristics of individualistic cultures include: the individual as an autonomous entity; egalitarianism; competitiveness; and self-reliance. Characteristics of collective cultures include: individuals as interdependent entities; hierarchism; cooperativeness; and self-denial. Looked at positively, the ...
The standard Vicsek model (SVM) is a minimal non-equilibrium model of self-propelled particles that appears to capture the essential ingredients of critical flocking phenomena. In the SVM, particles tend to align with each other and form ordered flocks of collective motion; however, perturbations ...