Post Tagged with: "Herding"

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  Social Mood: The Hypothesis of Evolutionary Purpose

  Socionomics goes beyond the ‘what’ of human events to pursue the deeper question of ‘why.’
   
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  Stocks and Sex

  Socionomic theory posits that both conceptions and recessions are products of social mood.
   
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  Losing Nemo: How Herding Suppresses Personality

  Do individuals behave the same when they are alone as they do in social settings?
   
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  [Article] Losing Nemo: Herding Suppresses Individual Personality in Fish

  Many animals “herd, flock, school and swarm, including fish.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Lacking Faith In “Reform”

  Michael Lewis’s non-fiction bestseller The Big Short is coming to the big screen.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Coca—Whats-its-Name?

  Find out why US per-capita sugar consumption peaked in 2000.
   
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  European Tinderbox: What Negatively Trending Mood Means for EU

  Brian Whitmer reports that now more than ever, Europe is running out of optimism.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] “Can I Take Your Order?”

  For the first time since records have been kept, Americans have spent more in restaurants than in grocery stores.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Georgia Satisfies Drivers’ Need for Speed

  What’s the connection between rising speed limits and social mood?
   
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  [Article] Study Shows Group Membership Can Affect Individual Ethics

  Socionomists have long been interested in how individuals make decisions while under the influence of a group. In this brief article, socionomist Chuck Thompson explores another effect of group membership – a loss of individual ethics.