Herd mentality is the tendency for a person's behavior or beliefs to conform to those of the group they belong to. The concept has been studied from several disciplinary perspectives, including biology, psychology and sociology, and as a psychological phenomenon it can have profound effects on human behavior. Social psychologists study it alongside the related topics of collective intelligence, crowd wisdom, groupthink and deindividuation, treating it as one strand within the broader study of how group membership shapes an individual's own judgment and conduct.
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Social psychologists study the related topics of collective intelligence, crowd wisdom, groupthink, and deindividuation.
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