Herding and flocking are collective behaviour that animals exhibit as a social behaviour and protection against threats. Since sheep and goats are reared by humans, they are most striking example of herding as captured in the inset micro-video during a visit to rural Rajasthan (near Chand Baori stepwell at Abhaneri village in Dausa district).
However, humans also exhibit herding behaviour when they become blind followers. Non-analytical and thoughtlessness leads to dangerous herding behaviour among people and education has to develop higher order thinking skills, or else, humans can become dangerous herds.
ABCs of herding
A: Among thoughtless humans, incidents like riots, looting, strikes, sporting events, trending, religious gatherings, lynching, fan following, judgmental comments and strong biases and opinions, etc., are the various forms of human-based herd behaviour
B: Behaviour of a group following and acting collectively but instinctively without centralized direction shown more by animals
C: Caused when individuals subjugate their individual will, thoughts, public behaviour toward someone they consider as their leader, role model, hero, etc.
D: Describing the instinct and tendency to feel secure as group under a dominant individual
E: Economic herd behaviour is copying and mimicking the financial behaviour of the dominant class, rich status show offs, fashion trends, hoarding, investments spree
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