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The Characteristics of Herd Behavior

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1 Question
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Q.

Is Herd behavior exhibited by only human beings?


Yes

No

2 Question
30 seconds
Q.

An example for human based herd behavior is __________.


Demonstrations 

Riots

Voting 

All of the above

3 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The approach towards herd behavior proposed by Raafat, Chater and Frith addressed _________ major issues.


Two

Three

Four

4 Question
30 seconds
Q.

People who have similar ideologies and thoughts come together to exhibit herd behavior.


True

False

5 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Animals exhibit splendid herd behavior during _____________.


Hunting

Fleeing from predators

Attacking

6 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In a group of fleeing animals, the ones on the corners are the safest.


True

False

7 Question
30 seconds
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Asymmetric aggregation of animals under panic conditions has been observed in ___________.


Humans 

Ants

Both

8 Question
30 seconds
Q.

According to the _________ theory, individuals within a population attempt to reduce their predation risk by putting another member of the same species in front of the predator.


Selfish herd theory

Self-centred herd theory

Both

9 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The area around an individual in which the predator is believed to lurk around is called ____________.


Circle of danger

Ring of danger

Domain of danger

10 Question
30 seconds
Q.

It is believed that the higher the vulnerability of a population to a predator, the larger is the group or herd of the species that exhibit herd behavior.


True

False

11 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The nature and display of herd behavior of a certain species depends on the ___________ of that particular species.


Archetype

Phenotype

Prototype

12 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The British evolutionary biologist who has done exemplary research and works on herd behavior was __________.


Louis Hamilton

Henry Hamilton

W. D. Hamilton

13 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Pick out the name of the person who helped in popularizing the term "Herd behavior":


Søren Kierkegaard

Wilfred Trotter

Friedrich Nietzsche

14 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The term ________ is used to describe the act of trying to overpower another individual's achievements by imitating the other.


Evolution

Emancipation

Emulation

15 Question
30 seconds
Q.

_________ is a derogatory term that is often used to the masses that are passive and easily controlled by the government and people with huge power.


Sheeple

Staple

Stumble

16 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The Herd behavior that turns violent and bursts into a war zone is part of ________ behavior.


Gang

Gangster

Mob

17 Question
30 seconds
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_________ bring out the herd behavior when foreign and domestic investors convert a government's currency into physical assets.


Money laundering

Currency crises

Financial growth

18 Question
30 seconds
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The _________ effect is a term used to describe the tendency for people to adopt certain behaviors, styles, or attitudes simply because others are doing so.


Bandwagon

Compliant

Reassurance

19 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Collective animal behavior is the social behavior exhibited by animals who coordinate or copy the actions of animals of different species.


True

False

20 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Animals exhibit ___________, an act by which each species of animals identify with their own species and gather together in groups.


Group behaviour

Flock behaviour

Swarm behaviour