Talk:Herd mentality/Archives/2012

Definition and Grammar

Examples of the herd mentality include the early adopters of high technology products such as cell phones and iPods, as well as stock market trends, fashions in apparel, cars, home décor, etc.

While early adopters may lead the herd, they seldom suffer from herd mentality. Clearly it's the mainstream, the followers, who provide examples of herd mentality.

Also, encyclopedic texts should start by defining what something is in general terms, not by example.

(None of this is meant to discredit the author's contribution, but should someone who feel able to improve the text come along these are my suggestions.)

The word "lent" is the past tense of the verb to "lend", not "lended" - general grammer clean-up is in order. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.92.50.49 (talk) 10:59, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Reality Check

Under Definition it says, "Herd behavior is distinguished from herd mentality because it applies to all animals..." like polar bears, and Buzzards, for example. Just two examples, off the top of my head, of animals that do not herd. Which shows that it does not apply to all animals.

Then under "History" it says, "Herd mentality and herd behavior have been prevalent descriptors for human behavior since people began to form tribes,..." and then in virtually the next sentence it says these supposedly ancient "descriptors" that have been "prevalent" since time immemorial was first put forward by a 19th Century French psychologist. So what is it, ancient or recent, but it sure can't be both. 87.113.249.252 (talk) 21:18, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Since there are no citations, and none have been added in the last couple of years, should this be deleted? Matthewcgirling (talk) 19:42, 10 August 2011 (UTC)