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I'm on mobile, can't say much. But is there a term to describe such reasoning.

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closed as too broad by Community, Chuck Sherrington, Artem Kaznatcheev, Josh Gitlin Dec 16 '13 at 12:47


When you get a computer can you please elaborate? –  Jeromy Anglim Dec 2 '13 at 6:26

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The possible concept you may be looking at is a fad. Which can be explained under the umbrella of several social-psychological theories. Dynamics including conformity, changes to individual behavior and personality within a group, perception bias with regard to opinions held by a group as opposed to an individual.

A Fad is any form of behaviour that develops amongst a large population and is collectively followed enthusiastically for a period of time, generally as a result of the behaviour being perceived as popular by one's peers or being deemed "cool" by social media. A fad is said to "catch on" when the number of people adopting it begins to increase rapidly. ...

... Apart from general novelty, fads may be driven by mass media programming, emotional excitement, peer pressure, or the desire of "being hip" ...

In economics, the term is used in a similar way. Fads are mean-reverting deviations from intrinsic value caused by social or psychological forces like those that cause fashions in political beliefs or consumption goods

Bandwagon effect



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