קהל יעד
An academic course for students in social sciences such as education, business administration, human resources, art therapy, social work, and psychology. Also available in a customized program for therapists, key people in an organization, and anyone who works with groups.
outcomes
A. Introduction to the phenomenon of self-organization
B. Acquisition of key concepts in understanding group states of consciousness
C. Ability to analyze a group state versus an individual state at a comparative level
References
Cohen, E. E., Ejsmond-Frey, R., Knight, N., & Dunbar, R. I. (2010). Rowers' high: behavioural synchrony is correlated with elevated pain thresholds. Biology letters, 6(1), 106-108
Detrain, C., & Deneubourg, J. L. (2006). Self-organized structures in a superorganism: do ants “behave” like molecules?. Physics of life Reviews, 3(3), 162-187
Guo, D., Thomas, R. J., Liu, Y., Shea, S. A., Lu, J., & Peng, C. K. (2022). Slow wave synchronization and sleep state transitions. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 7467.
Haidt, J., Patrick Seder, J., & Kesebir, S. (2008). Hive psychology, happiness, and public policy. The Journal of Legal Studies, 37(S2), S133-S156.
Miller, N., & Gerlai, R. (2012). From schooling to shoaling: patterns of collective motion in zebrafish (Danio rerio). PloS one, 7(11), e48865
Reddish, P., Fischer, R., & Bulbulia, J. (2013). Let’s dance together: synchrony, shared intentionality and cooperation. PloS one, 8(8), e71182
Ulrich, M., Keller, J., Hoenig, K., Waller, C., & Grön, G. (2014). Neural correlates of experimentally induced flow experiences. Neuroimage, 86, 194-202
Yudkin, D. A., Prosser, A., Heller, S. M., McRae, K., Chakroff, A., & Crockett, M. J. (2022). Prosocial correlates of transformative experiences at secular multi-day mass gatherings. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1-13.
״פסיכולוגיית כוורת״
Since the evolution of life, there seems to be a tendency for individuals to organize together, from cells, bacteria, bees, and herds of cows. What seems like a natural phenomenon in animals is deeply connected to our social lives as our understanding of group phenomena deepens. Much evidence shows that synchronization during collective rituals in the rhythms of music, movement, and dance evoke emotions and motivations such as belonging, empathy, and connection and create group solidarity with effective cooperation even among strangers. Some researchers see religion and rituals as the axis around which the social system is tied to a kind of super-organism: a collection of individuals that behave as an organism in itself.
We will get to know the "hive hypothesis" that explains how we can move in special group situations from a sense of individual self to a state of extended self