bandwagon effect

bandwagon effect
the observation that people often do or believe what they think many other people do.

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  • Bandwagon effect — The bandwagon effect is a well documented form of groupthink in behavioral science and has many applications. The general rule is that conduct or beliefs spread among people, as fads and trends clearly do, with the probability of any individual… …   Wikipedia

  • bandwagon effect — noun the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity polls are accused of creating a bandwagon… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bandwagon Effect — A psychological phenomenon whereby people do something primarily because other people are doing it, regardless of their own beliefs, which they may ignore or override. The bandwagon effect has wide implications, but is commonly seen in politics… …   Investment dictionary

  • bandwagon effect — The phenomenon by which success breeds success; in business terms, the higher the market share the easier it is to make additional sales …   Big dictionary of business and management

  • bandwagon effect — /ˈbændwægən əfɛkt/ (say bandwaguhn uhfekt) noun Politics the tendency for a party or a particular point of view to gain support because it appears to be on the winning side …  

  • (the) bandwagon effect — get/jump/leap on the bandwagon to become involved in an activity which is successful so that you can get the advantages of it yourself. The bandwagon effect accounts for the increasing number of girl groups on the pop scene …   New idioms dictionary

  • Bandwagon — may refer to: * Bandwagon effect, copycat behaviour * argumentum ad numerum, or the bandwagon fallacy: If many believe so, it is so. * bandwagon fan, supporter of a sports team only during a period of success * a wagon which carries a band in a… …   Wikipedia

  • bandwagon — noun VERB + BANDWAGON ▪ climb on, join, jump on ▪ Competitors have jumped on the bandwagon and started building similar machines. BANDWAGON + VERB ▪ be rolling, gather momentum …   Collocations dictionary

  • эффект быть-как-все (BANDWAGON EFFECT) (в экономической психологии) — ситуации, когда товар приобретают не по необходимости, а из за желания не отстать от других. Данный эффект свидетельствует об ориентации потребителя на определенную социальную норму …   Энциклопедический словарь по психологии и педагогике

  • Bandwagon-Effekt — Mitläufer sind Personen, die an einer Ideologie, Gruppierung oder Handlung ohne wirkliche Überzeugung und in einer untergeordneten Rolle beteiligt sind. Von Mitläufern wird in der Regel in Zusammenhang mit negativ eingeschätzten Bewegungen oder… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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