herd behavior

how individuals in a group can act collectively without centralized direction
Thing economic_concept Q1609678
herd behavior
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herd behavior

Summary

herd behavior is an economic concept[1]. It draws 143 Wikipedia views per month (economic_concept category, ranking #58 of 213).[2]

Key Facts

  • herd behavior's image is recorded as Auklet flock Shumagins 1986.jpg[3].
  • herd behavior's image is recorded as Chicago 2005 marathon start.jpg[4].
  • herd behavior's instance of is recorded as economic concept[5].
  • herd behavior's GND ID is recorded as 7739980-8[6].
  • herd behavior's subclass of is recorded as collective behavior[7].
  • herd behavior's part of is recorded as crowd psychology terminology[8].
  • herd behavior's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024tg4[9].
  • herd behavior's facet of is recorded as herding[10].
  • herd behavior's different from is recorded as sociality[11].
  • herd behavior's Quora topic ID is recorded as Herd-Behavior[12].
  • herd behavior's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as herd-behavior[13].
  • herd behavior's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 24707-3[14].
  • herd behavior's named by is recorded as Gustave Le Bon[15].
  • herd behavior's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 102235558[16].
  • herd behavior's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 108351180[17].
  • herd behavior's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C102235558[18].

Why It Matters

herd behavior draws 143 Wikipedia views per month (economic_concept category, ranking #58 of 213).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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