8-4 Discussion of Herd Mentality / Conformity / Follow The Crowd Analysis by Reed Farrar

Herd Behavior Article

28cuddyf — 2023-11-06 22:21:13 UTC

The article states that herd mentality is common in animals and is usually a response when people or animals are not thinking, but reacting to emotion.

Herd Behavior Article

28cuddyf — 2023-11-06 22:24:19 UTC

One thing that surprised me was that the article states that Adol Hitler may have manipulated the fact of herd mentality to make crwods cheer for him. this would be done by placing people in the crowd that were in support of him to cheer enthusiastically, causing the crowd to cheer everytime. as well, this made everyone seem more supportive when it was broadcast to a larger group, because the crowd cheered people thought what he said was ok, and something to be supported.

Herd Behavior Article

28cuddyf — 2023-11-06 22:28:54 UTC

This article makes me wonder if herd behavior is still manipulated today. surely, with all the shady stuff necessary to politics, there's some sector of it related to only this.

Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges Article

28hulseyl — 2023-11-06 23:45:13 UTC

The article states that TikTok users that do these challenges usually want to have a sense of belonging. If something is trending on the internet and is getting a lot of attention, people will go after and do something potentially dangerous for some likes and followers.

Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges Article

28hulseyl — 2023-11-06 23:51:07 UTC

Something that was interesting is the fact that teenagers and young adults are more susceptible to doing the harmful challenges that are trending. This is because, according to the article, that their decision-making part of the brain is not fully developed.

Herd Behavior Article

28hulseyl — 2023-11-07 00:19:21 UTC

This article reminds me of the wars that are currently active in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges?

28hulseyl — 2023-11-07 00:21:32 UTC

The article connects to a video I watched of a kid throwing boiling hot water into the air during a below-zero degree night. The water was supposed to make a cool effect when it was thrown into the air, however it wound up going backward and landing on the kid that threw it.

Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges Article

28hulseyl — 2023-11-07 00:24:57 UTC

Not much can be done to solve the issue other than people stopping the upload of videos to the internet that could influence others to do something dangerous. In other words, don't start a trend that could harm others.

What does the article say about herd mentality. Confirmity Article

28kenneyc — 2023-11-07 14:02:17 UTC

The article said that herd mentality is mostly followed by people of the same age, religion, beliefs, and more similiarity's another reason alot of people have a herd mentality is because it can bring popularity and gain the liking of other people, an example I remember of this is all of the "Profile gangs" or trends that they made on tiktok.

What was intresting or suprising. Dangerous challenges article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-07 14:03:55 UTC

What was interesting to me is that these trends are still widely done even after people find out what happens from them even if they have done past ones. Also that the influencers that make these still do them even though they have been direct causes of some people's injures or even deaths from these trends.

What from our present-day society does the article make you think about? Conformity article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-07 14:06:44 UTC

This article reminds me of the cults in today's society and also just the whole world, as almost everyone wants to be like someone else these days. Everyone follows what other people do and it's the basic idea of Conformity as everyone around each other wants to have what the other person wants or be like the other person.

How does this article connect to something you've watched/read before. Conformity article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-07 14:10:52 UTC

This article connects to one of the shows I watched before called sweet tooth because there was half animal half people born and the whole society came together as a herd to try to capture them and kill them and do research on them.

What can be done to solve this issue? Dangerous challenges article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-07 14:11:34 UTC

I think to solve this issue we currently have is to start a new movement of being unique and different, this could persuade people as it changes their view. Just like people are influencing bad stuff right now or common stuff we could have people promoting things that make a change.

Herd Mentality Articles

28beaulieus — 2023-11-08 15:13:54 UTC

The first article talked about how many young people, whose brains are not totally developed yet, are more prone to doing something that others are doing. This is especially common when the thing is regarded as 'cool', even if it is very dangerous.

The second article talks about herd mentality in a real way, discussing the Insurrection of the Capital Building on January 6th. Most of the people in that event would never have done something like that had it just been them.

Herd mentality

28bartlettk — 2023-11-08 15:16:08 UTC

The article says that herd behavior is often seen at harmful or dangerous places, or sports events.

Interesting or Surprising

28beaulieus — 2023-11-08 15:16:13 UTC

In the first article, I thought it surprising that the term 'herd mentality' comes from animals. Herd mentality is a direct trait that we have, which reminds us that we're not so different from animals as we'd like to think.

In the second, it was surprising to me, or a shocking memory, that a woman was killed and several people injured. In large groups, people can do unthinkable things.

Conformity Article

28prattn — 2023-11-08 15:16:28 UTC

The article says that people will often follow others instead of making their own decisions. Many people do this to avoid social rejection, because their friends do it because its what they've been told their whole life, etc etc. Conformity is wired into our brains as a survival instinct. The article explains that whilst conformity can be good it can also be harmful.

Conformity article

28prattn — 2023-11-08 15:16:56 UTC

I thought it was interesting that there are three main types of conformity. Compliance (changing an opinion publicly but not personally.) Identification (Taking the opinion of someone well-liked or well-respected.) Or internalization (Having an opinion publicly and privately because of others.)

The Mob Mentality article

28bartlettk — 2023-11-08 15:17:34 UTC

Something that was interesting or surprising to me was that people are less likely to help a victim or injured person due to herd mentality.

Present Day Society

28beaulieus — 2023-11-08 15:19:07 UTC

Both of these articles make me think about sheep, which are known to follow each other mindlessly. If one sheep does something, five other sheep will do the same. In our modern-day society, people are widley known to see things that others are doing and do them as well. This applies to both articles.

Herd menatlity article

28bartlettk — 2023-11-08 15:20:27 UTC

From our present day society, this article makes me think about when one person says they do not like something, a movie for example and then someone who was never seen the movie automatically does not like the movie.

What do people participate in viral challenges article

28prattn — 2023-11-08 15:20:27 UTC

It reminds me of people doing dumb stuff only because people online did it first. For example the devious lick trend where people would steal stuff had actual effects on the real world. They weren't just funny tiktok videos they did real damage to peoples property. Like at my old school a bunch of kids did the trend and stole soap dispensers then we didn't have soap dispensers in the bathrooms for three years lol.

How Does This Connect

28beaulieus — 2023-11-08 15:20:42 UTC

These articles remind me a lot of the short story The Lottery, which is about how some social norms we follow are hurtful to people. The second article is that exact thing, just exhibited very clearly and in a very forceful way.

What Can Be Done To Solve This Issue?

28beaulieus — 2023-11-08 15:21:56 UTC

We could drill it into children's brains to always think about what your doing before you do it, and wonder if it is ethical, healthy, and smart. Hopefully this would prevent things like the insurrection from happening again.

Scholars Examine The Mob Mentality article

28bartlettk — 2023-11-08 15:22:25 UTC

The article connects to when I read the Hunger Games and when Katniss started the rebellion, everyone from the districts joined in just because someone other than them decided to do something about how bad the Capitol was.

How does the conformity article connect

28prattn — 2023-11-08 15:23:09 UTC

This reminds me of in Animal Farm how despite the cruel changes Napoleon made the animals followed and did what they were supposed to because if they didn't they would either be killed or exiled (if they were lucky)

What can be done to solve this issue?

28bartlettk — 2023-11-08 15:23:31 UTC

I think something that can be done to solve this issue is when there is Mob mentality going on, someone speaks up and says what they actually think so then people will start saying their actual opinions too.

Why do people follow the Crowd?

28deryo2 — 2023-11-08 15:27:57 UTC

The article says that people follow a crowd because their brains get confused on what it hears vs what others tell it. This connects to herd mentality because if someone told you their opinion on a topic; you may agree with it. For example if we were discussing sports teams and you said that you liked the Patriots, I probably would agree with you even though that may not be my true opinion. Another reason people may "Follow the Crowd," is because they are afraid of what might happen if the really speak up.

What can be done to solve this issue

28prattn — 2023-11-08 15:28:01 UTC

I think teaching people to question others and to question social norms instead of blindly following them and staying complicit can help people learn to think for themselves and think of the effects of their actions and who it may hurt as opposed to blindly following a group just to belong.

Dangerous Viral Challenges

28deryo2 — 2023-11-08 15:32:31 UTC

The article says that most teenagers do this to feel like they are a part of something way bigger than a friend group. TikTok is used by teenagers around the ages of 12-18, their brains are only 80% developed and this process can reach into their early 30s until fully complete. But it still surprised me that so many kids would participate in things like eating a laundry pod, climbing up milk cartons, and even choking themselves until they passed out!

'Like' it or Not.

28deryo2 — 2023-11-08 16:52:27 UTC

This article explains how teenagers who use social media platforms perform on the apps. They showed different posts and saw if teens would like the posts or not. This experiment was to explain that if videos have a lot of likes, others will continue to like them. This makes me think about our society today because so many people use TikTok, and Instagram; but we also want to be part of the "cool" group. The article explained that teens will usually like viral videos because others have liked them so they want to be a part of that.

Following the Crowd

28deryo2 — 2023-11-08 16:58:42 UTC

This article reminds me a lot of High School Musical. All of these High school kids, some that Troy doesn't even know, follow his group. This shows that even though the random kids know that Troy and his friends have no clue who they are, it makes them feel proud to be "a part" of something.

What can be done to solve this issue.

28deryo2 — 2023-11-08 18:19:37 UTC

I think that solving the viral trends could just be a safety video, or just someone stopping the trend altogether. To help solve the Mob Mentality in general, I don't think there really is anything you could do to solve that. It may just be human nature to follow others, and there's not really a problem with that!

Herd Mentality - Gracyn Haskell

28haskellg — 2023-11-09 12:51:53 UTC

The article says that people in crowds can be compared to animals in herds, it is unlikely for a single person to go astray. In big groups, people are scared to be the one person to choose a different way. The people around them influence them to make decisions that they wouldn't normally make

Something Interesting

28haskellg — 2023-11-09 12:54:11 UTC

Something interesting that I found in my article is that something called a "group mind" can often times take over a mob. This means that all the people in the group or crowd start to think the same thing.

Herd mentality-Isaac Sargent

28sargenti — 2023-11-09 12:55:39 UTC

It states how herd mentality is when there is many people they have a tendency to what the others are doing instead of thinking of something smarter or better. It says that its like a predator chasing a herd of animals and how every animal goes in the same path as the other animals.

"Scholars examine the mob mentality"

28haskellg — 2023-11-09 12:57:02 UTC

This article made me think of some things that can happen at school. Sometimes people are afraid to stick out and be noticed so they choose to along with everyone else. This can be seen at school when people make poor decisions, and others start to follow along.

herd mentality -Isaac Sargent

28sargenti — 2023-11-09 12:58:06 UTC

Something interesting is that this mentality can come from something like your family if they have something they think strongly there is a high chance you will think the same.

Conformity Article - Ben Johnston

2023-11-09 12:58:20 UTC

The article says that people who are part of groups or the herd mentality is made up of people the same age, religion, cultures and people who behave the way they do. The article also stated that people follow what others do to just fit in with those groups. For example on social media there are challenges that people do that aren't safe, and people follow what they do even when it's not safe to fit in and be recognized.

“Scholars examine the mob mentality” Connections

28haskellg — 2023-11-09 13:00:44 UTC

This article connects with things that I have seen on TV before when they talk about angry mobs protesting in violent ways. It makes me wonder if these people would actually do these horrible things by themselves or if they were simply influenced by the herd mentality.

Solving the Problem

28haskellg — 2023-11-09 13:02:45 UTC

Something that I think can help solve the problem is people starting to think for themselves. I think that if we start to question the mobs and crowds and wonder what they really stand for we can start to defy the trend. People who think for themselves and aren't afraid to be different can escape the herd mentality.

Scholars examine article-Isaac Sargent

28sargenti — 2023-11-09 13:03:04 UTC

It is affecting more and more with the incline of social media. Since it is easy to find more people with the same idea, and then they can make a group. Sometimes this group gets to others and it becomes a herd and gets out of control.

herd mentality -Isaac Sargent

28sargenti — 2023-11-09 13:06:16 UTC

It connects to beauty and the beast since when Gaston got mad instead of trying to reason they instantly went to violence. This shows through the whole movie of them just following one guy without anyone ever questioning it other than the MC.

herd mentality -Isaac Sargent

28sargenti — 2023-11-09 13:08:31 UTC

A simple solution is to think before you do something or question what is happening. Imagine a dangerous party that someone could get hurt instead of sticking with them or be dangerous you can leave since you know it's wrong you just have to think critically on what others and yourself are doing.

Something Surprising

28johnstonb — 2023-11-09 13:12:49 UTC

Something that was surprising to me was that people lie about who they really are to fit in a group. This surprises me because people shouldn't lie about themselves to fit in with groups who don't represent who they really are. They should tell the truth and not be afraid to find a group that shares that same qualities as them. Something that also surprises me is that social media can impact so many safety issues and trends that people do. People can get injured from these trends, but other people do it even when they know what happened to those people. Other people do it so they can fit in with the trend and be recognized by people who don't represent who they are.

Conformity - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-09 13:27:27 UTC

What this article says about herd mentality is that people will change or make up their beliefs and opinions to be apart or try and be a part of a group. Most people do this because they want to fit in and are scared of being rejected. It also says that there are positive and negative effects when it comes to conformity. For example, a positive outcome of conformity is it helps us to follow rules like speed limits and conform to things that help keep us safe. However, the negative impacts of conformity are partaking in dangerous activities that cause you harm just to fit in or be liked by others.

Dangerous Viral Activities - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-09 13:46:32 UTC

What was interesting and surprising about this article was finding out what lengths people will go to in order to fit in with a group. For example, teens on social media were partaking in viral activities such as eating a spoon full of cinnamon, ingesting tide pods, and other reckless and harmful activities just to conform with a group.

What from our present day society does the article make you think about?

28johnstonb — 2023-11-09 13:56:11 UTC

Something from our present day society that this article makes me thing about is how people try and be something that they aren't. They try and be someone who they aren't because they want to be recognized and noticed by people who wouldn't represent that person in a good way or be a good a friend to be with. This represents the heard mentality because people follow other people and try to be other people.

Dangerous Viral Activities - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-09 13:56:42 UTC

What from the present day society this article makes me think about is the viral dangerous trends that had been widely supported through social media. When people see huge groups of people partaking in these activities, and getting attention and support from others, they are more inclined to participate in the same activities, not caring if it will harm them and have a negative outcome.

Scholars Examine The Mob Mentality

28bartlettk — 2023-11-09 14:03:41 UTC

rioters breached the very seat of the nation’s legislative branch, pushing past barricades, clashing with police, and destroying property.

Scholars Examine The Mob Mentality

28bartlettk — 2023-11-09 14:04:50 UTC

Something in this article that was interesting to me was that a theory that says people are less inclined to help a victim or

intervene in an emergency or during a crime when there are others present.

herd mentality- Isaac Sargent

28sargenti — 2023-11-09 14:06:02 UTC

It says how in a fire people can act dumb or just make bad decisions in general which is a problem people are facing now. With the incline of stressful situations like shootings fires and in general crime it leads to more herd mentality parts of your life, and you end up making the wrong choice and bad things can happen like getting shot burned or other.

Scholars Examine The Mob Mentality

28bartlettk — 2023-11-09 14:06:28 UTC

Something from our present day society that makes me think about this article is protesters in big cities starting out calm but as more people join, it gets louder and more harmful because they all decide as a group to protest violently.

Herd Mentality

28haskellg — 2023-11-09 14:07:58 UTC

This article makes me think of farms with animals who get herded by sheep dogs. Just like humans the sheep are afraid to go away from the group.

Scholars Examine The Mob Mentality

28bartlettk — 2023-11-09 14:08:20 UTC

This article relates to The Hunger Games because the rebels would protest violently in the Capitol and they all thought alike.

What does the article say about herd mentality? Dangerous trend article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-09 14:08:55 UTC

The article says that herd mentality is widely followed in the world right now because of the popularity social media has, to add on to this I can say from experience this is very true for me because I can't even think of one person or friend who doesn't have social media that I know in my life. However, because of its popularity, it has one of the biggest impacts on social life and this is being used in a contagious way. One trend starts off and everyone wants to do it and be like it and then the next one comes and everything before that is forgotten. Everyone wants to be someone else and this can become even worse than it is right now if people were to make it.

Scholars Examine The Mob Mentality

28bartlettk — 2023-11-09 14:09:32 UTC

Something that could help solve this issue could be having laws against big protests that possibly could lead to violence.

“Scholars examine the mob mentality”

28haskellg — 2023-11-09 14:10:21 UTC

This article shows that sometimes mob mentality can end in bad ways and have awful effects. It also talks about how when there is a group leader the results of the mob can be more positive

What was intresting or suprising? Confirmity Article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-09 14:10:44 UTC

What was intresting from this article to me was that people of all ages really take part in this and not just the new generation. Even older people or grandparents that like eachother and hang around eachother have tendencys to act like this, or even just anyone that hangs around eachother. The thing that really suprised me overall was the widespread impact on all ages and all generations.

Conformity - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-09 14:10:45 UTC

This article connects to something I've read before because it goes along with what happened in the story, The Lottery. This is because in the lottery it very much describes what a herd mentality is like, and what people will do without even questioning why they are doing it when they are apart of the herd mentality. For example, by the end of this story it reveals that this town follows very old tradition, which there is no real reason to continue to follow. However, people are scared to speak out against because they may receive consequences or be rejected.

Why do people participate in viral challenges article

28prattn — 2023-11-09 14:10:49 UTC

In this article they talk about how teenagers brains are often underdeveloped. Because of this they often make foolish decisions. This has been made even worse because of social media trends. Now people are seeing people their age who they deem as 'cool' doing risky or outright dangerous things and because others are doing it they do it too.

What can be done to solve this issue?

28johnstonb — 2023-11-09 14:11:54 UTC

Something that can be done to stop people from trying to other people could be to limit social media trends that aren't safe because people try and do those trends and be like other people who have done them, so they fit in with the trend. All of these trends can lead to people getting hurt because all they want to do is fit in with other people even when they know they don't resemble the group of people.

What from our present-day society does this make you think about? Dangerous Trend article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-09 14:13:23 UTC

From our present-day society on social media, this makes me think about how on TikTok there is profile groups or "Gangs" who make their profile the same and all follow each other. Though this is a loose idea it gets way more serious and there is many other examples of bad things online like the challenges and more.

“Scholars examine the mob mentality”

28haskellg — 2023-11-09 14:13:45 UTC

Something interesting in this article is that sometimes people change their behavior when influenced by a group. People who wouldn't normally do things that the group is doing may do it, simply because they are being influenced. They may feel like they have no other option.

Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges Article

28hulseyl — 2023-11-09 14:14:02 UTC

Something from today that the article makes me think about is the many protests that turn violent toward a specific group of people or a company. This is because participating in a mob is a challenge that people take and can be very dangerous to surrounding people and the people in a mob.

Why do people participate in dangerous challenges article

28prattn — 2023-11-09 14:14:19 UTC

I thought it was surprising that people were willing to risk their safety simply for some popularity. It's scary yet fascinating how far people will go in order to fit in. I mean thats why some of the worse tragedy's in the worlds history were able to happen. Simply because people were too scared of not fitting in and challenging the status-quo.

How does this article connect to something you have watched/read before? Dangerous Trend article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-09 14:16:43 UTC

This article connects to many of the videos I have seen on TikTok like one of the challenge's where they drank bleach which was very bad and one of the most widespread trend's at the time which lead to many death's and sicknesses. This is only one of the challenges I remember and there are millions that cause me great concerns and should to all on social media.

Social Platforms

28kilhefnerk2 — 2023-11-09 14:16:45 UTC

Sadly the world operates on internet even now i'm using the internet to write this but not all things are good. Other online platform apps have trends and some bad and can get you in trouble but some trends are just for fun and views and are harmless but if it endangers another person that can get you in trouble.

Conformity article

28prattn — 2023-11-09 14:16:56 UTC

This article reminds me of everyday life, conformity impacts our everything whether we like it or not. We dress a certain way to conform, we brush our teeth to conform, we eat a certain way to conform, we talk a certain way to conform, almost everything we do is to conform to some sort of a societal standard. Nearly everything in our present day society is done to conform to something or somebody.

What can be done to solve this issue? Confirmity article.

28kenneyc — 2023-11-09 14:23:03 UTC

I think that many things could be done to solve this issue and one of them could be coming together as people to influence being different and unique to make it normal and fix this problem.

How does Conformity (article two though) connect

28prattn — 2023-11-09 15:40:53 UTC

In the article about conformity they talk about how people will only go to certain sources to get information and form their opinions. This reminds me of all of the films and books i've seen promoting wild conspiracy theory's. People will see information shared within these biased pieces of media and take it as truth without question. Conspiracy people will often use terminology like calling the people who don't agree with them 'sheep' or telling those who believe it that they've opened their eyes. These are tactics used to encourage conforming with their beliefs.

Why do people participate in dangerous viral challenges.

28prattn — 2023-11-09 15:44:20 UTC

The people who run these apps could modify their algorithms to not favor dangerous stunts. The reason people are doing all of this is the first place is because they see other people doing it and they see the attention it gives people. If the people who run these social media websites take away the attention people get for their dangerous stunts then it takes away the reasons for people to do this stuff.

What does this article say about herd mentality?

28johnstonb — 2023-11-10 16:09:12 UTC

In the second article it talks about how younger kids learn how to act in public and learn social skills from their parents or people who they look up to. So if the older people lie about themselves or present heard mentality, it can impact the young generations, and who they will grow up and be.

What is interesting? "Conformity"

28johnstonb — 2023-11-10 16:20:24 UTC

Something interesting in the second article is that conformity is shown when someone can show who they really are. For example if someone shows how they really act, beliefs and how they behave in certain situations. This is interesting because it can show people if they are really feeling conformity or not. It can also show where they really belong and what group of people they belong in.

What from our present day society does this article make me thing about? "Conformity"

28johnstonb — 2023-11-10 16:32:54 UTC

Something from our present day society is we always follow and do what other people do because we don't want to be different and divergent from others. We don't want to go and do our own thing and be who we really are. For example in when air pods came out everyone wanted them because they didn't want to be the person who still had the headphones with the cord. In our everyday environment we follow what everyone else does and we don't do what we really want to do because we just want to fit in with the rest.

Herd Mentality Connections

28haskellg — 2023-11-10 23:48:05 UTC

This article connects with the story we read in class, "The Lottery". The behavior in The Lottery is the same described in the article. As mentioned in the article the villagers start to develop a "group mind" and they don't think as individuals.

How does the article "Conformity" connect to something I have read/watched before?

28johnstonb — 2023-11-11 16:38:05 UTC

Something that connects to the first article about conformity is in the show All American when the main character Spencer moves to Beverly Hills, he feels that he doesn't belong because he is from South Crenshaw. Spencer's family doesn't have a lot of money so he isn't dressed the way the kids in Beverly Hills do. Spencer feels out of place and doesn't feel any conformity.

How can we solve this problem "Conformity"

28johnstonb — 2023-11-11 16:42:26 UTC

We can solve the problem of people trying to be someone else by not being afraid to show how we really behave, our religion and showing our beliefs. We can do this by just having one person make that change because once on person does it the rest will do it too. So we can solve this problem by just coming together and show who we really are without trying to fit in with others who don't act the way you really act.

How does this article "Conformity" connect to something I have read/watched before?

28johnstonb — 2023-11-11 17:19:07 UTC

This second article makes me think of trends that people do on social media that aren't safe like when people did the crate box challenge and they built up the crates like a stair case to see how far up they could make it. This trend caused a lot of safety problems, but people kept doing it because they wanted to be like everyone else who did it, so they could fit it. This caused a lot of people to get severely injured and people kept doing it even though they knew that many people have go hurt.

What does the article say about herd mentality? (Conformity)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 01:16:29 UTC

In the first article, people will follow each other so they can fit in with the group. This represents herd mentality because people will follow what other people do to feel secure and so they don't appear "weird" or "different." The article mentions how people will change their opinions on something so they match what a group thinks and don't appear as an "outlier."

What was interesting or surprising? (Conformity)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 01:21:57 UTC

Something that was interesting was that people will follow what a group does so they don't feel different. This was interesting because even though people might think differently than a group or not agree with other people, a lot of times they will just go along with things so that people don't treat them differently.

What from our present day society does this article make you think about? (Conformity)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 01:27:05 UTC

In our present day society people will follow what everyone else does so they fit in. This can include using similar phrases as other people, wanting things that everyone else has, wanting to upgrade things you have so you have the newest model, and more. People in our present day society tend to follow the crowd so they are seen the same and not different or not as cool as the rest.

How does the article connect to something you've read/watched before? (Conformity)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 01:30:40 UTC

The article connects to a lot of teen drama movies i've seen. For example, in Mean Girls the new girl, Katie, acts like herself and dresses like herself until she starts wanting to be like the girls in the group, and then she starts dressing, acting, and doing things differently to try and be like the popular group.

What can be done to solve this issue? (Conformity)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 01:34:30 UTC

People can try and stick to what they like and what they think, and not care what others think. It can be difficult, but if you start doing what you want you can be a lot happier because you will be doing things that interest you and please you, not doing things that are interesting to other people.

What does the article say about herd mentality? (Dangerous Trend)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 01:45:42 UTC

People will do these challenges to fit in with the rest. A lot of weird challenges can be made and people will do them to fit in with others. On social media, people will do these things so that others will recognize them. When a viral challenge on social media starts becoming popular people will feel the need to try the challenge and post themselves doing it. If they get a lot of views/likes they will feel a sense of popularity. Even though this might not seem all that bad, these challenges can be very dangerous.

What was interesting or surprising? (Dangerous Trend)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 01:50:19 UTC

What was interesting was that people would do these viral challenges even if it was possible to get injured or something bad to happen. This surprises me because people would still do these dangerous challenges to "fit in" even if they were not safe to do.

What from our present day society does the article make you think about? (Dangerous Trend)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 02:01:18 UTC

In our present day society people will participate in challenges on social media so that they are fitting in and doing the same as everyone else. For example, on social media people will do things and post things that others are posting so they appear to be keeping up with the trends. But, this is not good because it can make you do things you normally wouldn't do and this can lead to many problems.

How does the article connect to something you've read/watched before? (Dangerous Trend)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 02:04:23 UTC

The article connects to many things i've seen on social media. For example, when people ate Tide pods to see what it was like. If you really think about it, that is very dangerous. Tide pods have many chemicals in them and are not supposed to be ingested. This caused many problems and was very unsafe.

What can be done to solve this issue? (Dangerous Trend)

28kristalk — 2023-11-13 02:06:26 UTC

If you see a viral challenge that everyone is doing, maybe even your close friends, do not participate if it is risky. Always think before you do and consider the consequences as well.

Dangerous Viral Activities - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-13 02:15:12 UTC

What can be done to solve this issue is encouraging teens, and all people who could be affected by this, to gain a strong sense of their identity as an individual. This way, they will not rely on the reassurance of others, therefore will not need to go to such lengths to gain approval and attention.

Dangerous Viral Activities - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-13 02:28:40 UTC

What this article says about herd mentality is that people will go to extreme lengths to feel apart of or gain acceptance from a group. It says this by giving examples of some of the trends that people who use social media have partaken in. Such as ingesting tide pods, a spoonful of cinnamon and other dangerous actions that will most likely cause great harm. People do this just because they see a larger group of people doing it, so they believe that it is a good idea for them to participate in it as well, even if it is going against all of their common sense.

Follow The Crowd: What does this article (Why do People Follow the Crowd?) say about herd mentality?

28kingd — 2023-11-13 02:35:10 UTC

The article says that herd mentality is: when people follow the crowd because of what they see, even when they have different answers or ideas. I know this because the article talks about how Tony changed his test answer when he was under the influence of other people than when he was by himself. This means that people follow the crowd even when they have different answers because Tony followed what other people were saying even when they didn't have the same answer as him. Another example of my claim (people follow the crowd because of what they see even when they have different ideas) is when Berns used MRI. In the article, it talks about how after the result of the experiments he hooks up subjects to an MRI to see what they are thinking when making a decision. The results were that the brain decides by using its vision. This shows that vision is used to make decisions, even when they have different answers or ideas because based on Berns's experiments we know that the brain uses vision to make a decision, and when you see people are making different decisions than you, you will agree with them.

Conformity - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-13 02:36:59 UTC

What I believe was interesting and surprising about this article was finding out from real studies what people will believe or think they believe when apart of a group. For example, this specific study was a group of people who were asked to say how many times they thought the dot moved. The true answer was that the dot was not moving at all, however when the people were then put together each of their individual answers changed and they all conformed their responses to fit the group. I found this interesting because it showed what people will do when put in a group situation, and how they will agree with the group answer even if they know its wrong.

Conformity - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-13 02:48:02 UTC

What from our present day society that this article makes me think about is how many teens conform in any way they can to be associated or apart of a certain group. Wether that be in school, a social media platform, or anywhere else there may be a crowd that would be easier to be apart of, if they go along with what they are saying. For example, many teens change the clothes they wear and change any political or religious beliefs, all to fit in with the group even if they are not staying true to themselves, and do not agree with what the others are doing.

Follow The Crowd: What was interesting or surprising about this article? (Why do People Follow the Crowd?)

28kingd — 2023-11-13 02:49:37 UTC

Something interesting or surprising about this article was that Tony's test score went from 90% to 10%. This was surprising because I didn't expect Tony's score to drop that much. But this also interested me because it showed how much other people can impact our decisions. That interests me because now I want to know what group of people are impacted the most, is this what peers do to pressure people into stuff, etc. So overall something that interests or surprises me is Tony's test scores, because of the drop.

Dangerous Viral Activities - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-13 03:13:12 UTC

This article connects to something I have seen before because an example that this article gave was a trend that was going around, where people were ingesting spoonfuls of cinnamon and trying not to have a reaction (or something along those lines). This reminds me of another social media trend where students were destroying school bathrooms and then posting them online for likes and views. These are similar because people are not truly questioning why this may not be a good idea, and just participating because the majority of people they see are as well.

Follow The Crowd: What from our present-day society does this article (Why do People Follow the Crowd?) make you think about?

28kingd — 2023-11-13 03:14:06 UTC

In our present-day society, the article makes me think about being negative or positive towards movies. For example, 'The Marvels' movie came out, which my brother went to go see. He didn't want to at first because the reviews were bad. This is an example of following the crowd because my brother had decided on wanting to not go see a movie just because the majority of people had not liked the movie. So overall article reminds me of our present-day society because people choose to like or dislike movies because the crowd likes or dislikes them.

Conformity - Kaira Hauser

2023-11-13 03:17:49 UTC

What can be done to solve the issue of conformity is allowing everyone to have and share their individual opinions without judgement. What can also help this issue is to remain open-minded and really take into consideration what others have to say. By doing this, we are less likely to make others feel like they have to change themselves to fit in with the group, where if everyone is open-minded people will feel more represented and understood.

Follow The Crowd: How does the article connect to something you've read/watched before?

28kingd — 2023-11-13 03:36:45 UTC

This article is connected to something I have read before because in 'The Only Purple House In Town' there is a society of witches, vampires, fairies, etc. and the humans don't like these magical creatures because most humans don't like the magical creatures, even though they don't know them. This connects to the article because Tony decided to follow the majority of people when answering the questions. Just like how humans have decided to follow the majority of people and not like the magical creatures.

Follow The Crowd: What can be done to solve this issue? (Why do People Follow the Crowd?)

28kingd — 2023-11-13 11:23:26 UTC

What can be done to solve this issue is that you need to make your own decisions and stick to those decisions. A way to help that is to have confidence in yourself, and not doubt your sense of judgment/your answers. For example, if Tony had listened to himself when answering the test then he would have scored a 90%. Another way to help that is to stay off of social media or other influences that push ideas onto you. Or feel like you have to listen to what other people tell you, even if they are not putting pressure on you. For example, if everyone was like Graham, and had trusted themselves even when people were answering differently than him, then they would have gotten a better score on the test. So overall what can be done to solve this issue is that you need to make your own decisions by being confident in yourself, and not feeling/having any peer pressure put on you. You can do this by following the example of Graham.

Follow The Crowd: What does the article (Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges) say about herd mentality?

28kingd — 2023-11-13 11:37:35 UTC

The article says that herd mentality happens in social media; like TikTok. One example of herd mentality that happens in TikTok is people doing dangerous TikTok trends. The article explains why teens do these TikTok trends. One example of why, is that teens want to fit in/belong somewhere. I know this because the article talks about how TikTok challenges can go 'viral' very fast. And when that does more and more people do it, putting them into a community. This means that teens do TikTok trends because they want to fit in, even if they hurt themselves in the process. Another example of why teens do dangerous TikTok trends is because their brains aren't fully developed, meaning that they can't make correct decisions. I know this because the article talks about how teen's brains don't fully develop till they are 25 years old. And when your brain isn't fully developed you can't understand the real dangers of these TikTok challenges. This means that teens do TikTok challenges because their brains aren't fully developed, meaning that they can't understand the danger, and they can't make good choices. So overall the article explains why teens do dangerous TikTok trends, which are that teen's brains aren't fully developed, and teens want to fit in.

Follow The Crowd: What was interesting or surprising about this article (Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges)?

28kingd — 2023-11-13 11:43:05 UTC

Something interesting or surprising about this article is that the Ice Bucket Trend was for charity, and raised 155 million dollars in just two weeks. This surprised me because 115 million dollars is a lot of money to make in 2 weeks. This interested me because I didn't know that the Ice Bucket Trend was for charity, so now I'm thinking about what other trends are for charity on TikTok. So overall this article surprised and interested me because the Ice Bucket Trend was for charity, and made 115 million dollars in two weeks.

Follow The Crowd: How does the article (Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges) connect to something you've read or watched before?

28kingd — 2023-11-13 11:55:13 UTC

This article connects to something I've watched before because in the new 'Goosebumps' show Lucas jumps off a roof while being filmed for TikTok. He ends up getting hurt because of it. This connects to the article because it talks about how teens do dangerous TikTok trends and end up getting hurt. So overall 'Goosebumps' connects to this article because Lucas (a teen) chooses to participate in a dangerous TikTok trend, which is the article's title, and main idea.

Follow The Crowd: What can be done to solve this issue? (Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges)

28kingd — 2023-11-13 12:03:30 UTC

Something that can be done to solve this issue is that TikTok can ban all of the dangerous TikTok trends. I know this because the article states that TikTok banned the dangerous 'milk crate' TikTok trend. This means that if TikTok can ban one trend then it can ban another dangerous trend, so that kids can't do dangerous TikTok trends. Another way we could solve this problem is to inform teens what the dangers of TikTok trends and social media. I know this because you could do this by having schools teach about social media. Or spread the word, and get parents to teach their kids about the dangers of TikTok, and social media as a whole. This means that you could teach kids about social media, so they will make the correct choice, and not participate in dangerous TikTok trends.

Follow The Crowd: What does from our present-day society does the article (Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges) make you think about?

28kingd — 2023-11-13 12:15:24 UTC

From my present-day society, the article makes me think about people following medical advice on social media. I think this because this article talks about how people follow dangerous TikTok trends because they want to fit in. And when people (usually teens or young adults) follow medical advice on social they do it so that they can reach their desired health. This means that they follow this advice, without even knowing if the 'doctors' are real doctors; making it dangerous. Overall this article makes me think about following medical advice because (usually) teens are doing something dangerous, to get a result. Whether that is to fit in or be healthy.

Herd Behavior Article

28hulseyl — 2023-11-13 12:57:51 UTC

Something the article connects to that I have read is a book about the Syrian Civil War and a survivor from it that had to survive the snipers and soldiers shooting down civilians. In the story, people would be peaceful until all of a sudden someone would start looting or destroying things and people would repeat the same behavior.

Herd Behavior Article

28hulseyl — 2023-11-13 13:04:51 UTC

Something that can be done to solve this issue is for people not to participate in crowds that can become violent or dangerous. Even if a crowd seems not violent, anybody could do something to turn it into a destructive crowd. The fewer people that participate in them, the less destructive it is.

Hailey Hanson Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges?

2023-11-13 14:50:59 UTC

Something that surprised me is that teenagers are very likely to do dangerous things because their brains are not fully developed.

Hailey Conformity Article

2023-11-13 14:56:38 UTC

The article says that most people copy what other people do so that they can fit in the 'group'

Hailey Why Do People Participate in Dangerous Viral Challenges?

2023-11-13 15:02:43 UTC

Something from today that the article makes me think about is some people are still doing stuff on social media that they should not be doing and they are doing this because they see other people do it

Dangerous Viral Challenges

28deryo2 — 2023-11-13 15:20:11 UTC

The dangerous viral challenges say about her mentality because it's referring to people doing the challenges because others are doing them.

Follow the Crowd

28deryo2 — 2023-11-13 15:22:04 UTC

Something that surprised me about this article was how so many people second-guess themselves. And maybe they feel that their peers are right instead of how they feel themselves.

clout challenges and popularity- Griffin Anderson

2023-11-13 15:22:56 UTC

the dangerous viral challenges can be very dangerous and they could harm others. In 2021-2022 there was a trend called the devious licks trend when they would go to their school bathrooms and take stuff out this could be very dangerous because it could cause damage to the bathroom and cost money to repair.

Follow the Crowd

28deryo2 — 2023-11-13 15:23:58 UTC

This article makes me think about our society is that in school I think that if you have to share your opinion you will often say the same that your friend does, this way you feel "apart of something."

Herd mentality-Griffin Anderson

2023-11-13 15:28:25 UTC

something that is really intresting is that why people keep doing bad thing for clout and why they keep reapeting bad behaviours and actions. When you see something or someone doing bad you need to tell a gardian or a teacher what is happening so they can take action and stop the bad behaviour

Like it or not

28deryo2 — 2023-11-13 15:28:47 UTC

This article connects to the show Victorious. Tori the main character posts stuff on a website called 'The Slap' and this connects to the article because Tori continues to post her thoughts, feelings, and issues that are going on in her life.

Herd mentality- Griffin Anderson

2023-11-13 15:30:36 UTC

the articles make me think how everyone is thinking and how they are feeling when they are left out and what it makes them want to do.

Herd Mentality- Griffin Anderson

2023-11-13 15:33:48 UTC

the articles can remind me of watching somebody play video games like your friends. This could make you feel left out and want to get that game so you can have the same fun with them.

Herd Mentality- Griffin Anderson

2023-11-13 15:39:21 UTC

we can stop doing these trends and stop participating in them when they can get us in trouble. If we dont start these trends people wont participate

Herd mentality Aubrey Webb

2023-11-14 03:20:01 UTC

The article says that herd mentality is when people don't think individualy they think as a group. People tend to be scared to have there own opinions because they will get judged so they all think alike.

Herd mentality Aubrey Webb

2023-11-14 03:22:27 UTC

What I found intresting is most friends and family have the same belifes like reloigoin or which president to vote for. even if they don't agree most of the time they will say they like the same thing to fit in.

Herd mentality Aubrey Webb

2023-11-14 03:26:10 UTC

I recent events like attacks to our country or disasters like huracaines storms tornados and other people all act as one. What I mean by this is when one person starts panicking everyone else starts or when someone starts getting mad and yelling it causes others to yell also.

Herd mentality Aubrey Webb

2023-11-14 03:29:12 UTC

Tik Tok trends are a great example of it because when somone goes viral off of doing somthing online everyone else starts to copy and try to be a part of it.

Herd mentality Aubrey Webb

2023-11-14 03:32:17 UTC

One thing we can do is think is this ok to do would people be mad or hurt is it eleagal and is it resonable. If somthing small happens like a Tik Tok video about bad stuff goes viral you should not do it also because you could get into trouble.