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Herd mentality describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, follow trends, and/or purchase items. Examples of the herd mentality include the early adopters of high technology products such as cell phones and iPods, as well as stock market trends, fashions in apparel, cars, home décor, etc. Social psychologists study the related topics of group intelligence,... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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Herd mentality Herd mentality implies a fear-based reaction to peer pressure which makes individuals act in order to avoid feeling “left behind” from the group.

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Adegoke Adelabu Chief Adegoke "Penkelemesi" Adelabu was a fiercely independent-minded man who refused to be swayed by the herd mentality, and the politics of tribe and personality which governed politics in the Yorùbá-dominated Western Region of Nigeria in the 1950s; centered in Ibadan.

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Søren Kierkegaard It is also detrimental to the religion itself since it reduces Christianity to a mere fashionable tradition adhered to by unbelieving "believers", a "herd mentality" of the population, so to speak.

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    Herd mentality

    Herd mentality describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, follow trends, and/or purchase items. ... Definition
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    Herd behavior

    Herd behavior describes how individuals in a group can act together without planned direction. ... Herd mentality
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    Wendy McElroy

    Wendy McElroy (born 1951) is a Canadian individualist anarchist and individualist feminist. ... Herd mentality
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    Methodological individualism

    Methodological individualism is a widely-used term in the social sciences. ... Herd mentality
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    Wilfred Trotter

    He was also known for his studies on social psychology, most notably for his concept of the herd instinct, which he first outlined in two published papers in 1908, and later in his famous popular work Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War. ... In 1908 he published two papers about the herd mentality, which were precursors to his later, more famous, work.
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    Individual rights

    Individual rights refer to the rights of individuals, in contrast with group rights. ... Herd mentality
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    The Church of Satan (book)

    The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion is a book by Blanche Barton. ... In the sixth chapter, "Satan's Master Plan", LaVey affirms "his commitment to destroy Christianity and herd mentality in all forms."
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    The United States of Lyncherdom

    The United States of Lyncherdom was an essay by Mark Twain written in 1901, after the lynching of three men in Pierce City, Missouri, his home state. It blames lynching in the United States on the herd mentality that prevails among Americans.
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    Rational egoism

    In ethical philosophy, rational selfishness, or rational egoism or egotism is the principle that an action is rational if and only if it maximizes one's self-interest. ... Herd mentality
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    Josiah Warren

    Josiah Warren (1798-1874) was an individualist anarchist, inventor, musician, and author in the United States. ... Herd mentality

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