NT group pack mentaitliy?

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17 Jul 2011, 12:40 pm

Yeah I just had to read a chapter in my sociology book about social interaction basically....and it went into the group mentality and explained it. I kept thinking, wow a lot of this does not apply to me. But now I know what to reseach if I want to influence social situations more...this could be potentially useful for me.

I don't want to you know manipulate people in such a way to cause harm just because I am learning about psychology, but the understanding of all that might make it easier to find ways around conventional socializing, and maybe I could even do something to influence the masses in a positive way, but I don't know if i would run into an oppurtunity like that.

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17 Jul 2011, 12:48 pm

I bet if someone for example behaved over the top on a plane the passengers would probably turn against the person..... like i said a lot of the time people in any situation will switch and follow the group. Ifyou want to know what i mean watch the movie 'Flight Plan' with Jodie Foster.

a lot of people in England are a**holes who only care about themselves.

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17 Jul 2011, 1:27 pm

This reminds me of the Vancouver hockey riots last month. That was truly bizarre and scary to behold.

I think that a lot of people find it really hard to resist peer pressure, and at the same time, they really desire peer recognition and approval, so they will behave in some very nasty ways if there are a lot of peers around to pressure, recognize, or approve of them.

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17 Jul 2011, 2:54 pm

Jamesy wrote:

Have you noticed how BIG groups of NT people in a lot of settings can all behave the same way if a certain situation arises. what is worse is that it seems they can all behave in a cruel manner in large groups towards another indivudal. you would be suprised that even NT people who are nice can switch too being nasty if everyone else behaves nasty etc..... i guess even in the good people there there can be a bit of bad that comes out these types of events since a lot of people are a mixture of good and bad. it really is only the true genuine nice people who do not behave in this way. that and maybe most people are just a**holes?

types of people who may not behave in this way are people from very proffesional backgrounds or who are neurodivrse

I don't know if this is just exclusive to NT people? Is there a reason for this? I call it group pack mentality

Any group is capable of it. It's "mob mentality."

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17 Jul 2011, 9:13 pm

The more people in a group the more the collective intelligence drops. Mob mentality is the closest thing I have ever witnessed to truly, completely animalistic behavior.

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17 Jul 2011, 10:06 pm

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Being aware of this pack mentality is a good thing. Observing who the "leaders" of the pack are is also a good thing to know. If the pack become oppressive, abusive or violent, and one cannot get away, it is many times possible to break the pack mentality by weakening or removing the pack leaders. In many cases, when riots occur, the police try to identify the leaders or instigators so that they can be arrested and removed. Once this is done, the riot is usually over with very quickly.

Things i learned from the Movies!

Movie: Fifth Element:

Quote:

Korben Dallas: We need to find the leader, Mangalores won't fight without their leader.
Mangalore Aknot: One more shot and we'll start killing hostages!
Korben Dallas: That's the leader.
Mangalore Aknot: Send someone in to negotiate!
Fog: Uh, I-I've never negotiated before.
Korben Dallas: Do you mind if I try?
Fog: No, sure, sure, sure.
Fog: We're sending somebody in to negotiate!
[Corben walks into the room and shoots Aknot between the eyes. As he falls, the other Mangalores drop their weapons and raise their hands]
Korben Dallas: Anybody else want to negotiate?
Fog: Wh-where did he learn to n-negotiate like that?

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17 Jul 2011, 10:12 pm

I actually noticed this alot on a small scale back in high school.

Those few who were kind to me, who I might even consider 'friend" in one on one interaction, would often ignore or appear to look down on me when "their group" or even just random other social people arrived. It was like a switch.

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18 Jul 2011, 1:10 am

I'm paraphrasing George Carlin here, but I agree with this: Individuals are smart, groups are stupid

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18 Jul 2011, 3:32 am

OddFiction wrote:

I'm 36 and let me tell you, most people do not grow past that stage. In fact, since people have more to lose as they get older and established, this tends to worsen.

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26 Jan 2012, 10:13 am

That's probably the single quality that annoys me the most the 'herd mentality'. This can be present in any person, NT, Aspie, whatever (although I think it is more common in NT's). We each have our own brain and should make decisions for ourselves first and foremost.

I also have had NT's that will treat me differently depending on the situation. The can be supersweet and the heartless in mere seconds and that frightens and disgusts me too

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26 Jan 2012, 6:12 pm

I was afraid of my typical peers in high school, because they were that unpredictable. Nice one minute and nasty the next.

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