Today we delve into Social Comparison Theory and The Herd Instinct

Social comparison helped herds to imitate the behavior of equals to choose cooperative patterns of behavior.

These tendencies create a status structure of higher and lower groups. A dominance hierarchy is established, with leaders and followers. Each group compares themselves within their own group. At the watering hole, the leader drinks first. Others instinctively follow. Social comparison enabled individual.

How does this apply to human relations? The research continues.