Crowd Psychology

Mob mentality and herd behavior have a negative behavior on people because of their individuality and rational thinking. People are influenced by others behaviors in a group. They can have negative and positive acts on people having individual thinking and it changes people's rational thinking. In the teleplay “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” written by Rod Serling, the article “When Good people Do Bad Things” written by Ann Trafton, and the article “Why Do People Follow The Crowd” reported by ABC news, when someone does not want to share their own idea they do not feel like sharing as a groups. People can also act differently in a group because they do not want to be embarrassed with others.

Mob mentality can occur in any society. It can take place at any time, any day or any night. Mob mentality does not have a direct target. It will take over anyone, leaving them with no control over themselves. Mob mentality proves that under critical situations people will be selfish and follow others’ leads; however, the leads people usually follow are not the ones best for them. Due to large amounts of stress everyone carries, people do not think as clearly as they normally would. Those horrible leads that people choose to follow will eventually cause groups to become out of control. Violence usually ensues when within

“What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.” -Elie Wiesel

“Mob mentality” refers to the idea that an individual reacts to a situation different from the way they would if they were in a group. The idea of “mob mentality” is displayed in the science fiction teleplay, “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street”, where aliens have supposedly been living with humans and the crowd starts turning against each other to find out who it is. In a place where everyone is turning on each other it is hard to put out your view, so you go along with everyone else to stay safe. Similarly, in “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” when everyone starting doubting each other people find it safer to follow the crowd. For example, in the story when Les Goodman’s car starts by itself one person starts asking question and people follow by

Social work has long recognized the relationship between the behavior of an individual and the environment in which the individual interacts (Hutchison, 2008). Human behavior theories offer a framework to organize, interpret and understand this relationship (Hutchison, 2008). For this case study, the following three theories will be examined for relevancy: Life cycle theory, role theory and resiliency theory.

In social psychology, social influence is a process where someone’s beliefs, thoughts and behaviour change by being exposed to beliefs, thoughts and opinions of others. It manifests in several forms, such as obedience, compliance and conformity. All these types of social influence have been studied by numerous researchers who investigated the reasons why people conform to social norms and obey to authorities, such as Milgram’s classic studies on obedience. His experiments support the popular idea of ‘banality of evil’ –Hannah Arendt (1963)’s famous phrase referring to the capability to accomplish dreadful things out of banal reasons–, revealing that people conform submissively and thoughtlessly to the orders that authorities deliver, no

Going with the crowd is something everyone does. Whether it is a new trend or fashion statement, people do what others do. Even back in the 1800s, this was prevalent. Charles Dickens addresses it in his books, especially Tale of Two Cities. He addresses the idea of the mob mentality in it and shows it in his characters. One of these characters is Ernst Defarge. In Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens addresses the mob mentality and going with the crowd through his character of Ernst Defarge.

There many components to mob mentality, one major component being the psychology behind it. Ben Wolford of Medical Daily says the anonymity of herd mentality plays a large role. If you were to do something as a group the responsibility

Rebecca Saxe, an associate professor of cognitive neuroscience at MIT commented on the psychological trigger of mob mentality saying, "A group of people will often engage

Growing up we find ourselves striving to be accepted, and to be loved by everyone. Although, that is just not the case, in Carol Tavris’s essay “In Groups We Shrink” she recounts the times she had experienced people not coming forward when something bad happened and she explains to us why she thinks this is. I agree with Tavris when she says, that when people are in groups, it causes them to act and think differently than they would if they were by themselves. When Tavris says, “The reason is not necessarily that they are lazy, cowardly or have 50 other personality deficiencies; it has more to do with the nature of groups than the nature of individuals” (Tavris 228).

The word “Mob” (in terms of sociology) is defined as “a group of persons stimulating one another to excitement and losing ordinary rational control over their activity” (“Mob”). This definition simply describes a group of people who were either directly or indirectly influenced by each other to do something. Similarly, Mob Mentality can be defined as the mentality of people, when they are indirectly motivated by another individual to do something. This slightly chaotic type of mentality, can be both good and bad in different circumstances. Mob Mentality can be a positive occurrence if used in an uplifting sense such as giving a standing applause to someone, but also hindering and distracting if the action occuring is negative like a group of people lying in order to get someone in trouble.

Mob Mentality is a certain behavior that people get when in a large group. (Smith) It is usually used in a negative way because it usually turns into an aggressive behavior and can turn violent sometimes. (Edmonds) People get in groups and they do that, because other people are doing it so they feel like they should do it too. Then the group grows larger. People also do it to try and prove a point or try to boycott something.(Smith) Or because they are upset with the outcome or the final result of something. I think that the behaviors when in a mob are usually very angry or upset. I think that because when people are in a mob things can happen. Like lighting things on fire or destroying things within the city or stealing or even deaths of other people.

The major depressive disorder in her was characterized by low mood and the worsening relationship with her family members. She did not get along well with her mother considering that she was emotionally and physically tortured.

Your task is to find and take at least three personality inventories. You can easily find these types of inventories online. You can also find these types of inventories in many different popular magazines. If you choose to search online, here are some ideas of verbiage to type into a search engine:

Psychological Research Into the Behaviour of Bystanders The first researchers to investigate systematically the circumstances in which bystanders are and are not likely to intervene to help others were Latane & Darley. The tragic case of Kitty Genovese in 1960s New York acted as a catalyst for research studies since the case highlighted concepts such as bystander apathy and the unresponsive bystander. Latane and Darley have shown through research that we are less likely to define a situation as being dangerous if other people are present, a phenomenon they called pluralistic ignorance. Latane and Darley performed a study, the 'smoke-filled room experiment', which demonstrates the power of