Editing Social dynamics (section)

{{Short description|Study of behavior of groups}}
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'''Social dynamics''' (or '''sociodynamics''') is the study of the behavior of groups and of the interactions of individual group members, aiming to understand the emergence of complex social behaviors among [[Microorganism|microorganisms]], plants and animals, including humans. It is related to [[sociobiology]] but also draws from [[Outline of physical science|physics]] and [[complex system|complex system sciences]].
In the last century, sociodynamics was viewed as part of [[psychology]], as shown in the work: "Sociodynamics: an integrative theorem of power, authority, interfluence and love".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=E. Bannester |first=Michael |date=1969 |title=Sociodynamics: An Integrative Theorem of Power, Authority, Interfluence and Love |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2092502 |journal=American Sociological Review |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=374–393 |doi=10.2307/2092502 |jstor=2092502 |issn=0003-1224|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In the 1990s, social dynamics began being viewed as a separate scientific discipline<sup>[''By whom?'']</sup>. An important paper in this respect is: "The Laws of Sociodynamics".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=E. Koshland |first=Daniel |date=1990-07-27 |title=The Laws of Sociodynamics |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.249.4967.341 |journal=Science |volume=249 |issue=4967 |pages=341 |doi=10.1126/science.249.4967.341 |pmid=17755924 |bibcode=1990Sci...249..341K |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Then, starting in the 2000s, sociodynamics took off as a discipline of its own, many papers were released in the field in this decade.