Tipping points among social learners： Tools from varied disciplines  

作　　者：R. Alexander BENTLEY Michael J. O＇BRIEN 

机构地区：[1]Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UU, UK [2]Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

出　　处：《Current Zoology》2012年第2期298-306,共9页动物学报（英文版）

摘　　要：There is a long and rich tradition in the social sciences of using models of collective behavior in animals as jump- ing-off points for the study of human behavior, including collective human behavior. Here, we come at the problem in a slightly different fashion. We ask whether models of collective human behavior have anything to offer those who study animal behavior. Our brief example of tipping points, a model first developed in the physical sciences and later used in the social sciences, suggests that the analysis of human collective behavior does indeed have considerable to offer

关 键 词：Networks Social learning Thresholds Time series Tipping points 

分 类 号：Q98[生物学—人类学] C0[社会学]