mob mentality
Herd behavior psychology
Mob mentality is the tendency for people in crowds to abandon individual judgment and follow group behavior, often toward irrational or destructive ends.
The anonymity and emotional contagion of crowds can override personal ethics: Mob mentality took over and they started flipping cars.
Also called herd mentality or pack mentality.
- deindividuationLoss of self-awareness in groups
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- mass hysteriaShared irrational public fear
- group polarizationDiscussion intensifies shared views
crowd psychology · conformity · herd behavior · lynch mobs · witch hunt · scapegoating · emotional contagion · bandwagon effect · safety in numbers · swarming · mob rule · mob justice · moral panic · angry mob · Salem witch trials · tribalism · social influence · fear of missing out
- ___ mentality
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- frenzyfrenzy, mania, hysteria, madness, fury
- human follyhubris, pride, vanity, greed, arrogance
- influenceinfluence, persuasion, sway, clout, leverage
- mindsetsgrowth mindset, fixed mindset, mindset, abundance mindset, scarcity mindset
mob mentalitycritical thinking
Objective evaluation of information
skepticism · rational thought · discernment · analytical thinking · contrarianism
mob mentalitylevel-headedness
Balanced, rational temperament
cool-headedness · composure · equanimity · measured response · sobriety
mob mentalityindividualism
Doctrine of personal independence
nonconformity · self-reliance · standing alone · moral courage · dissent
mobile, mobility, automobile, mobilize, immobile, mentality, mentally, mobbed, immobility