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Herd mentality is the tendency for people’s behavior or beliefs to conform to those of the group they belong to. The concept of herd mentality has been studied and analyzed from different perspectives, including biology, psychology and sociology.
Across the high school years, crowd significance as a basis for affiliation wanes, [19] as does the influence of crowds on an individual's behavior. [1] In fact, some studies [20] indicate that the importance of crowds peaks at age 12 or 13. By the end of high school, adolescents often feel constrained by impersonal, crowd-derived identities. [21]
Crowd ranking can sometimes change but is generally quite stable across time and schools. [3]: p.162 Part of a clique's popularity status is based on the crowd with which its members associate, thus similarly popular cliques within the same crowd are more likely to move within the hierarchy than are similar crowds within the larger peer context.
Shimmering behaviour of Apis dorsata (giant honeybees). A group of animals fleeing from a predator shows the nature of herd behavior, for example in 1971, in the oft-cited article "Geometry for the Selfish Herd", evolutionary biologist W. D. Hamilton asserted that each individual group member reduces the danger to itself by moving as close as possible to the center of the fleeing group.
The psychology of a crowd is a collective behaviour realised by the individuals within it. A category of social psychology known as "crowd psychology" or "mob psychology" examines how the psychology of a group of people differs from the psychology of any one person within the group.
People also may not remember where their home is or the loved ones who take care of them, Dr. Kobylarz says. “You can see [the person with dementia] change at a certain time of the day and ...
The bandwagon effect is a psychological phenomenon where people adopt certain behaviors, styles, or attitudes simply because others are doing so. [1] More specifically, it is a cognitive bias by which public opinion or behaviours can alter due to particular actions and beliefs rallying amongst the public. [2]
At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured Wednesday when a vehicle plowed overnight into a New Year's crowd in the heart of the thriving New Orleans tourist district, authorities in the ...