Demonstration effect

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Demonstration effects are effects on the behavior of individuals caused by observation of the actions of others and their consequences. The term is particularly used in political science and sociology to describe the fact that developments in one place will often act as a catalyst in another place.[1]

Examples

Parents may take care of their parents to create a demonstration effect by which their children later care for them.[2]

Countries and local governments may adopt laws and

economic policies similar to those that appear to demonstrate success elsewhere. The proven success of the policies provides a demonstration effect that leads other governments to attempt to emulate that success.[1]

Tourism

The demonstration effect has been observed as a natural consequence of tourism. One study argues that the demonstration effect can be broken down into four forms: exact imitation, deliberately inexact imitation, accidental inexact imitation, and social learning.[3]

Economics

In economics, demonstration effects may help explain the spread of financial or economic crises like the

Asian financial crisis. Investors do not know everything about the economic situation of countries where they invest. When investors see a country's economy collapse, however, they may question the safety of investments in other countries with similar economic policies.[1]

Some heterodox economists such as

developing nations, pressure to increase access to material goods rapidly increases, primarily because people "come into contact with superior goods or superior patterns of consumption, with new articles or new ways of meeting old wants." As a result, he argued, these people are "apt to feel after a while a certain restlessness and dissatisfaction. Their knowledge is extended, their imagination stimulated; new desires are aroused".[7]

Political

In the late 18th century, the successful

communist revolutions in some countries would spread to other countries.[citation needed][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ahmed, Helal Uddin (November 12, 2017). "Impact of demonstration effect in society".
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  3. doi:10.1016/j.annals.2004.01.001
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  5. ^ Duesenberry, James Stemble (1949). Income: Saving, and the Theory of Consumer Behavior. HarvardUniversity Press.
  6. ^ Nurkse, R. (1953). Problems of Capital Formation in Underdeveloped Countries. Oxford: Blackwell.
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  8. ^ Sönmez, G. (2016). "The Arab Spring, Dominoes, and Turkey". Bilgi. 18 (2): 69–72.
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