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Herd Mentality Questions |link|

by Eric Shaw July, 2016

Herd Mentality Questions |link|

Can you identify a historical event (like the Salem Witch Trials or the Dot Com Bubble) driven by mass behavior? Game Variations 20 Questions:

This behavior is not limited to humans; it is observed across the animal kingdom. The classic example is a herd of wildebeest moving together. If one animal senses danger and runs, the others follow instantly. In the human context, this translates to behaviors ranging from stock market crashes to viral internet trends. Herd Mentality Questions

If you had to be a pirate, a con artist, or a bank robber, which would you choose? Can you identify a historical event (like the

To understand why these questions work, we must look at the two psychological drivers of herd mentality: a con artist

Eric Shaw

by Eric Shaw

July, 2016

About Eric Shaw

Eric Shaw, MA.SE MA.RS MA.AS, has studied yoga and meditation for 30 years and taught both since 2001. He maintains a lively international teaching schedule and is the creator of both Prasana Yoga — a form that reveals alignment in movement — and Yoga Education through Imagery — lecture programming that teaches yoga’s traditions through archival imagery and new scholarship.

He is an E-RYT 500 with two degrees in Art, and Masters Degrees in Education, Religious Studies and Asian Studies. His essays appear in Yoga Journal, Common Ground, Mantra Yoga + Health

, and other publications. To learn more, please see:

www.prasanayoga.com


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