Dear friends, I am Miao Baoping, a psychological counselor. Starting today, we will read the book "Learn Some Psychological Effects Every Day" written by Lu Fang together. Today is the chapter "Chapter 1 of Learning to Recognize Your Own Psychological Effects" in the book. Herd E

Dear friends, I am Miao Baoping, a psychological counselor. Starting today, we will read the book "Learn Some Psychological Effects Every Day" written by Lu Fang together. Today is the chapter " Chapter 1: Learn to recognize your own psychological effects " of the book.

Herd Effect 1 - Don’t be the shadow of others

The famous American psychologist Solomon. Ashi once conducted an experiment in a university. The college students who participated in the experiment were told before the experiment that the purpose of this experiment was to test people's visual ability. He asked five college students to sit at the door of the laboratory, and those who arrived later consciously sat in the sixth seat. When the experiment officially started, Asch showed everyone a picture with one line segment and a picture with three unequal length line segments, and asked everyone to compare the lengths of these line segments, and then point out which two The line segments are of equal length. In fact, the length of a line segment is easy to determine. At the beginning, everyone gave the correct answer. Then, Axi asked the five people he had arranged in advance to make a judgment. As a result, they all agreed and were very certain that one of the straight lines was obviously different and had the same length as the standard line. As a result, other people who actually participated in the experiment began to hesitate. As a result, out of a total of 18 judgments, about 76% of people had conformed at least once, and only the remaining few did not conform.

Herd effect: Psychologist Asch’s experiment confirmed a phenomenon: When people see a behavior or viewpoint being engaged in or recognized by many people, they will consciously or unconsciously follow the opinions and ideas of the majority of people. As a rule, subconsciously convincing yourself to follow everyone else's footsteps is a relatively common herd mentality. Sometimes it is necessary to follow the herd. When you just join a group, if you are too independent, it will not be conducive to establishing good interpersonal relationships. It is still good to follow the herd appropriately; but many times, following the herd is not necessarily a good thing. Blindly following If you follow what others say, you will often lose yourself. Only reasonable and objective conformity is more beneficial.

There is a joke that three people claimed on the street that there was a tiger in the market. Everyone believed it, so they fled in panic and said to everyone they met: "The tiger is coming!" There was a panic. This is the so-called "three people become a tiger". Many people live in social groups and easily accept outside influences and blindly follow them without discernment. When most people think so, they often lose the courage to persist in themselves.

The bandwagon effect has both a positive and negative side. The reason why people easily choose to follow the herd is often because not following the herd will put them under greater psychological pressure, and no one is willing to survive under strong psychological pressure. But sometimes, everyone knows that what

should do is not necessarily right or suitable for you. If you analyze rationally, it is not a bad idea to follow the herd appropriately based on positive factors. But you must remember to keep a clear mind and a keen eye at all times, examine changes in the situation, and not lose your original intention, so that you can follow the crowd more scientifically and reasonably.

Interpretation of :

I remember when I was in junior high school, I had a classmate named XXX. In private, his spoken English was not very good. However, when the English teacher asks questions in class, you can always see him raising his hands actively. I wonder why this is? XXX replied that all the classmates have raised their hands. If you don't raise your hands, the teacher and classmates will think that you are not serious about studying.

I said: "The teacher asked you, what do you not know?"

XXX replied: "I will tell you when the question is asked. This is not the first time the question has been asked."

I said: "You are just trying to coax you to pretend to understand."

In fact, bullying is a kind of herd behavior and herd effect. I think everyone behaves like a herd at one point in their life.

Herd behavior is not always wrong, because in a society or a group, if you are too unique and individual, you will be isolated, which will lead to language isolation. If one person attacks you with language, there will be a second, A third person or even many people will follow you to slander you; behave in an isolated manner, for example, a student in a dormitory will ignore you at first, but as time goes by, many people will start to isolate you. When you don’t show up, everyone will be annoyed Happy, everyone fell silent as soon as you appeared. Of course, it is not necessarily your fault that you are isolated in the group, but due to the herd effect, you also become at fault.

Recently, I saw a very sad news. A few months before the college entrance examination, a senior girl in high school chose to jump from the classroom window on the fourth floor and ended her 17-year life because she could not bear the cold violence and exclusion in the class. In fact, many classmates may not have any conflicts with this girl, but because of the herd effect, they have no choice but to resort to cold violence and exclusion. Of course, there is a lot of "online exposure" on the Internet, which is actually a herd effect.

In our Luoyang , the most popular thing is the herd effect and herd behavior of "drinking soup". Because there are various kinds of tofu soup, beef soup, mutton soup, and donkey meat soup in Luoyang. Many people go to a certain restaurant to drink soup based on what others and friends say. Everyone wants to try it. , resulting in a "swarm of bees" effect. There are also many "Internet celebrity scenic spots" that are overcrowded, which is also a typical herd effect.

Learning from advanced cities, advanced units, and advanced people is also a herd effect. The difference is that it is a positive energy and positive effect.

The herd effect exists in all periods, groups, and corners of society. If used well, it has a positive effect, while reproduction will have a negative effect. When someone initiates a herd behavior, you must keep your eyes open, keep a rational mind, and resolutely reject the herd effect that is harmful to the country, the collective, and the interests of others.

Let me say it again, when you reach, or strive to reach, the state of " will be the top , will be the top ," your herd effect will play an unexpected role in promoting your life.

July 6, 2022