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	Herd behavior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term is used uncontentiously to describe the behaviour of animals within herds and flocks, and more controversially to describe some kinds of human phenomena such as stock market bubbles, and behaviour in political demonstrations.
		The phrase "herd behaviour" has acquired a certain currency in popular psychology, where the idea of a herding instinct is offered as an explanation of phenomena such as crazes where large numbers of people act in the same way at the same time.
		Here the term "herd behaviour" seems quite inappropriate for the actual behaviour of the group, however, since people are clearly responding to a leader, and their behaviour is often closely co-ordinated with careful delineation of roles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herd_behavior (786 words)

	4.06: Herd Mentality
		Thus The Nerd Herd was born - and has been a part of her life ever since.
		Beyond introducing the newer models into the Herd, in the longer term she hopes to be able to use the robots to begin understanding some types of animal behavior.
		Mataric´'s relationship with the students is similar to her relationship with The Nerd Herd: she's the boss, but she gives them a lot of room to maneuver - provided they cooperate with her and one another.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/4.06/esherd_pr.html (3287 words)

	FPA Journal - Focus: Educating Clients
		The herd mentality reflects the natural tendency for individuals to do what is currently popular.
		The herd mentality feeds the penchant for investors to buy securities after the market has risen and sell securities when the market is down.
		The herd mentality of institutional investors is also clearly documented (Nofsinger and Sias 1999).
	www.fpanet.org /journal/articles/2005_Issues/jfp0505-art6.cfm (2747 words)

	CSIndy: Domestic Bliss (August 29, 2002)
		Herd mentality has always been and will always be with us, but never in my lifetime so blatantly as since last Sept. 11 when America joined the rest of the world as a target of aggression.
		Internally, the herd mentality trickling down from Washington -- I like to think of it as Holden Caulfield's "phonies," everyone trying to be like everyone else to avoid knowing who they really are -- strikes out at anyone who doesn't meet the currently popular and powerful "faith-based," "family values" litmus test.
		Most dangerous is the herd mentality view of young people -- lazy, misguided, directionless, sloppy, sullen, disgruntled robots banging heads and planning crimes.
	www.csindy.com /csindy/2002-08-29/domesticbliss.html (555 words)

	MedicalPost.com: OPED: Fighting the herd mentality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The ethical problem with this response is that the beef herds in most countries were deemed safe only because extensive testing had not been done.
		To clean the herds and allow a global market for feed, beef byproducts, beef and dairy requires all countries to establish broad testing of those herds, strong controls on feed production, and identification of all sources.
		In contrast, the Japanese policy of banning beef from countries with BSE cases, testing all cows older than 30 months, testing every cow being slaughtered, and clearing their herds is, in the long run, less expensive than instituting measures later under extreme public pressure.
	www.medicalpost.com /mpcontent/article.jsp?content=20040302_141828_2544 (1069 words)

	SeniorEssays
		Nietzsche begins his criticism of this "herd mentality" by attempting to show how, in light of the degeneration of traditional philosophical and religious views, his contemporary society is doomed to fall into nihilism because of the values it upholds.
		The herd are those people who are jaded, who see themselves as being in a fairly hopeless situation, and are in a position which renders them unable to imagine that people are able to lead truly happy or meaningful lives.
		Someone of the herd mentality does not, for the sake of his own consolation and encouragement, recognize the superiority of the master morality: "he would like to persuade himself that even their happiness is not genuine....
	www.sewanee.edu /philosophy/Capstone/2000/stevens.html (6503 words)

	westword.com \| \| Sports \| The Herd Mentality \| 2000-06-22
		Colorado's herd, already the largest in the world, has outgrown the state's natural ability to support it.
		Hunting is the only tool the division has to control that population, so DOW's big-animal number-crunchers (yes, there is such a job) attacked their calculators and announced that the quantity of hunters required to cull the herd needed to be raised by about 40 percent.
		The most common explanation for why the size of the herd has exploded in recent years is climate.
	www.westword.com /issues/2000-06-22/sports.html (1899 words)

	Herd Mentality Takes over in Market Crisis
		As for individual investors, the authors find that the herd instinct before the crisis hit was already stronger than among institutional investors -- this did not change that much when the economy soured.
		Of course, herd behavior might not be such a bad thing if, in fact, it could be explained as all investors shrewdly utilizing useful information and pursuing the same winning strategy.
		According to their evidence, investors would have made more money if they had bought stocks that had recently tanked and sold those that were on the up-tick.
	www.nber.org /digest/jun99/w6968.html (428 words)

	Toast and Tea » Herd Mentality - Australian Perspective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In Australia I think that herd mentality has an extra dimension that some American law student blogs might not think about all that often.
		So if HLS Students are feeling the pressure of herd mentality by going to New York’s best law firms, you can imagine that it is even more confusing for Australian law students who knock back the world’s biggest companies – big fishes in big ponds – for Australian firms – big fishes in small ponds.
		One final thought is that the herd mentality is particularly nasty because of the pressure it puts on the rare people that are not under its influence.
	www.ivanrubinstein.com /?p=17 (456 words)

	American Professional Practice Association
		There are three overriding behavior tendencies investors face every day: herd mentality, risk aversion and frame of reference.
		Herding reduces the time needed to properly analyze an investment decision. It can also help reduce feelings of regret if the investment choice was a bad one. Investors can find comfort knowing that they were not alone in their decision. Herding can also be a powerful tool in influencing market movements.
		In the survey, Shiller asked participants to cite what they thought was more responsible for the crash: economic fundamentals, such as corporate profits or interest rates, or investor psychology. A surprising two thirds of the surveyed investors cited psychology, rather than economic justification.
	www.appa-assn.com /newsletter/articles/psychology_of_investing.html (399 words)

	the herd mentality
		it also makes the herd nervous when an animal leaves: one of the biggest advantages to traveling in a herd is the protection it offers the members.
		in a herd, the most valuable members are always closest to the center: it's the place of honor; it affords the most protection from the dangers that lurk outside the herd.
		and the entire herd finds this threatening; if the most valuable members of the herd are in greater danger, so is the entire herd.
	www.woofmang.com /tales/herd_mentality.shtml (1172 words)

	[PRISONACT] Herd Mentality and Political Prisoners
		http://www.tbwt.com/content/article.asp?articleid=1052 Herd Mentality and Political Prisoners By Ahmad A. Rahman TBWT Reporter Article Dated 7/9/2001 Adapted from a Presentation at the Chicago Town Hall Meeting on Political Prisoners, Malcolm X College, March 1, 2001 A January 5, 2001, Associated Press article detailed the release of Peter Limone after 33 years in prison.
		To admit doing the same to people because they stepped outside the herd and attempted to free other persons from the herd, is to admit that America locks up people for their political beliefs and activism.
		Bush's opponents had stepped outside the herd and were chanting, "Selected, not elected!" "Racist, sexist, you must be from Texas!" "f--k Bush!" and "Coup, Coup, Coup d'état!" Unlike the well-dressed Republicans in the bleachers next to us, our faces had to be recorded and stored forever in the files of the political police.
	www.prisonactivist.org /pipermail/prisonact-list/2001-July/003966.html (2467 words)

	Domestication: A Cooperative Venture? Page 2
		Herd-dwelling animals depend on their affiliations within the herd for their biological and social well-being.
		Where the horse is concerned, the influence of this social structure is, perhaps, the chief reason for its inclination to serve as the compliant helpmate of human beings.
		Authority in the equine herd is generally wielded by one member of the group--the alpha mare.
	www.netpets.com /horses/reference/info/domestication2.html (1006 words)

	Star Wars: Message Boards
		As many know I do not condone organized religion...and reasons such as this...the whole "My god is right and you are wrong thus you are punished" mentality is what makes organized religion and it's herd mentality a threat to human existence.
		Date Posted: Jul 11, 2002 09:26 AM As many know I do not condone organized religion...and reasons such as this...the whole "My god is right and you are wrong thus you are punished" mentality is what makes organized religion and it's herd mentality a threat to human existence.
		This punishment is not as severe as the one in store for you after you die" mentality is what sounds like they were trying to get across.
	forums.starwars.com /thread.jspa?threadID=71790 (354 words)

	Character Must Win Over General Prejudice
		Are we to speak of fls and whites as herds with each individual in each herd sharing all the experiences, values and beliefs of everyone else in his or her respective herd?
		The herd mentality is like any other sinful pattern of behavior practiced in the human condition.
		If America is to last as a civilized nation, then the relevance of individual character must triumph over the generalizing prejudice of the herd mentality.
	www.accs.net /users/wolf/letter47.htm (649 words)

	CNN - Can Linux break Intel's hold on the market? - September 3, 1999
		There are many cases in which the herd mentality leads to the best purchasing decision.
		People were destined to be driven to it by the herd mentality.
		Ironically, however, it was exactly this herd mentality that made it impossible for NT on Alpha to ride the NT wave to widespread success.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9909/03/linux.alpha.idg (1409 words)

	The Welcome Matt
		I think the most pervasive problem with law school in general and my individual law school experience in particular is the Herd Mentality.
		And perhaps I jumped on the clerkship bandwagon as part of the Herd Mentality as well.
		this herd mentality is one of the more depressing aspects of law.
	mattastle.blogspot.com /2004/10/clerkship-afterthoughts.html (976 words)

	PESD Publication - Herd Mentality in the Design of International Environmental Agreements?, A
		PESD Publication - Herd Mentality in the Design of International Environmental Agreements?, A
		Herd Mentality in the Design of International Environmental Agreements?, A
		When addressing an externality such as air pollution, regulators can control policy inputs (e.g., pollution taxes and technology standards) or outputs (e.g., emission caps).
	pesd.stanford.edu /publications/20198 (239 words)

	Human Dynamics & Herd Mentality
		For example the 'herd mentality' is readily identifiable.
		The hero would start a sparring match with another herd leader and soon we have two teams engaged in bitter conflict with the leaders enjoying the limelight and adulation while their sidekicks continually egged them on.
		Another case of herd mentality only that it is country versus country.
	www.3kingdoms.net /palaceguide/dynamicsmentality.htm (958 words)

	LEADER ARTICLE<BR>Straws in the Poll Wind: The Herd Mentality of India’s Elite- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This section argues that the poor, illiterate voter in India can be purchased for a pittance — a sari or two — if not easily influenced to vote for one party or the other by smooth-talking politicians who make tall claims and unrealistic promises.
		It is further contended that the underprivileged sections of society can be herded into so-called votebanks; thus, in Uttar Pradesh, all dalits are supposed to be voting for the Bahujan Samaj Party and all Yadavs for the Samajwadi Party.
		Jittery about alterations in the status quo and wallowing in wishful thinking, the chatterati is afraid to acknowledge that its cosy world of comfort could change.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/656935.cms (852 words)

	The Herd Mentality and Victimhood/Victimizer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The herd mentality of body ID oriented females is that if you have any problems with one of them, you have problems with the whole herd of cows.
		The herd mentality has offshoots into other victimhood sub-categories.
		Central Americans, South Americans and related Spanish speaking islanders have been trying to use the same herd mentality and victimhood/victimizer mode.
	www.reachone.net /~trufax/oldm5/segments/herd.html (710 words)

	Ruminations
		I suspect that what he would also like to say that there is a certain amount of "herd mentality" in most, if not all social intra / interactions.
		Morris speculates on the possibility of the "herd" going of course, the "wrong way" and the fact that most of society seems to think there is some security in being in the middle of the "herd".
		Action involving money, social, legal, war, justice, religion - and the list might go on - all start small and end with, in some cases a "herd" action that has gone astray, relative to the ethical and social good that was intended.
	www.livejournal.com /users/caddisfly (324 words)

	Breaking the herd mentality
		Ranch consultant Tim McGaffic, shown at his Ignacio ranch, teaches low-stress herding techniques for cattle that he says can increase weaning weights, reduce sickness and improve a rancher’s bottom line.
		When they are herded, their social order is changed and chaos is created.
		By reducing stress in the animal, the propensity for sickness is lowered, and there is less wear and tear on the cowboys, horses and dogs, McGaffic said.
	www.durangoherald.com /archives/Business/biz501.htm (1258 words)

	Yoke of herd mentality must be kicked off - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Yoke of herd mentality must be kicked off
		But in embracing this image, students' minds are slaughtered because they are not in the mindset to break free.
		And UCLA's herd mentality should not be allowed to change that.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=20240 (596 words)

	Evil pundit of doom!: The Herd mentality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sydney hip-hop band The Herd is not ashamed of its loathing for the bloke and sheila in the street.
		The herd are a band that are very pro-active with equality towards refugees in our community...something that i am ashamed to say our government is not, our media is not, and many of our people are not.
		My empirical evidence that the Herd attempted to enlist a certain reaction is contained in the rhetoric of nick pecan, Duncan M, Morro, R.L.H, 656, Altonic, jaque and your self jim.
	evilpundit.com /archives/003536.html (5926 words)

	Immunisation choice challenges the herd mentality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The idea of herd immunity - the protection supposedly assured when a large proportion of a population is vaccinated - is a fundamental element of immunisation.
		Formulated in the early 1900s, herd immunity was based on natural, not artificial, immunity.
		Despite reports of epidemics in 100 per cent vaccinated populations and the fact that vaccine efficacy is more of an educated guess than a known fact, there really is no proof that herd immunity occurs in vaccinated populations.
	www.vaccinationnews.com /DailyNews/June2002/ImmunizationChoice23.htm (1075 words)

	3aldo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		When you are managing a herd of people, you are never really managing all of the people, but only managing the people trying to break out from the pack or get away from the herd.
		And what you would like to have them all do in order to be effective, and to reduce your management time and to reduce your time reining the wild steer is move towards one mass common goal.
		Do these three things, you will be able to create a herd of people that are so fixated and focused on helping to achieve your goal that they all move in the same direction at the same time.
	www.konsultco.com /3aldo.html (462 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: The herd that is our press by Jonah Goldberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The obvious answer is that five major polls show Kerry slipping.
		But a larger dynamic is that journalists are a herd species.
		The media move in large packs, capable of suddenly switching directions due to the spooking of just a few critters up at the front.
	www.townhall.com /columnists/jonahgoldberg/jg20040901.shtml (903 words)

	Blair attacks 'global herd mentality' of speculators
		TONY BLAIR denounced the "global herd mentality" of financial speculators yesterday and called for tougher rules to protect the victims of world money markets.
		"When collapse in one unsound market can damage the normal provision of credit to another perfectly sound risk, for no other reason than a kind of global herd mentality, then it is time to look afresh at the international financial system," he said.
		He renewed his call for an emergency G7 summit to agree on a strategy to cope with the unpredictable effects of the volume and speed of capital flooding around the world's financial markets.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/10/10/wtoni10.html (512 words)

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