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  1. Herd mentality

    Herd mentality, mob mentality and pack mentality, also lesser known as gang mentality, describes how people can be influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors on a largely emotional, rather than rational, basis. When individuals are affected by mob mentality, they may make different decisions than they would have individually. Social psychologists study the related topics of group intelligence, crowd wisdom, groupthink, deindividuation, and decentralized decision making.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of herd mentality in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of herd mentality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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  1. Barbara Byrne:

    Job growth in non-traditional tourism sectors like tech and finance really had an impact on Florida markets and there’s always this herd mentality in the finance sector, so a lot of hedge funds either moved to Florida or they set up an office.

  2. Dilip Ratha:

    When you have hundreds of institutional investors...there is a big probability of herd mentality: You see a little bit of a scare and run for the door.

  3. Catherine McCarthy:

    I think the initial strength was exacerbated by not losing out of getting a piece of Lyft and the herd mentality of IPOs, it traded really aggressively out of the gate.

  4. Ralph Mathekga:

    There's a herd mentality that if Ramaphosa gets a strong majority for the ANC, it will somehow strengthen him. That's not the case.


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