- Emergent properties differ qualitatively from their constituent elements and therefore are not reducible to them. - For example water's fluidity is an emergent property rather than a property of it's constituent hydrogen or oxygen atoms. - From a social cognitive perspective [[Agency - Social Cognitive Theory - Psychology Perspective|Agency]] is said to be an emergent property rather than just a product of cognitive activity. --- [[Social Cognitive Theory - An Agentic Perspective]]