Rules form an important part of our everyday lives. Here we explore the role of social influence in rule-breaking. In particular, we identify some of the cognitive mechanisms underlying rule-breaking and propose approaches for how they can be scaled up to the level of groups or crowds to better understand the emergence of collective rule-breaking. Social contagion plays an important role in such processes and different dynamics such as linear or rapid nonlinear spreading can have important consequences for interventions in rule-breaking. A closer integration of cognitive psychology, microsociology and mathematical modelling will be key to a deeper understanding of collective rule-breaking to turn this field of research into a predictive science.

规则是我们日常生活的重要组成部分。在这里，我们探讨了社会影响在违反规则中的作用。特别是，我们确定了违反规则的一些认知机制，并提出了如何将它们扩大到群体或人群水平的方法，以更好地理解集体违反规则的出现。社会传染在这样的过程中发挥着重要作用，不同的动态，如线性或快速非线性传播，可能对违反规则的干预产生重要影响。认知心理学、微观社会学和数学建模的更紧密结合将是更深入地理解集体违反规则以将这一研究领域转变为预测科学的关键。