Tag
group behaviour
Entries tagged with group behaviour - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.
5 concepts
Psychological Phenomenon
Bystander Effect
The more people who witness a problem, the less likely any one of them is to help.
Psychological PhenomenonCompetitive Victimhood
The tendency for groups in conflict to compete over who has suffered more, using their pain to claim moral authority and deflect accountability.
Cognitive BiasConformity Bias
The pull to adjust your beliefs, behaviours, or opinions to match those of the group around you.
Psychological PhenomenonPluralistic Ignorance
When everyone privately disagrees with something but goes along with it because they assume everyone else agrees.
Psychological PhenomenonVictim-Perpetrator Cycle
Groups that have suffered persecution can, once they gain power, go on to persecute others - often using their past suffering as justification.