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'''Socionomics''' is a non-scientific theory invented by [[Robert Prechter|Robert R. Prechter, Jr]] in his self-published book ''Socionomics: The Science of History and Social Prediction'' (1999), and in ''Pioneering Studies In Socionomics'' (2003).

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===Socionomic actions===
Socionomic actions are actions of social aggregations that express trends and changes in social mood. Socionomic actions result from emotionally impelled decision-making in a social context of uncertainty (such as in financial markets, business, and politics) or arbitrariness (such as with regard to fads and fashions). 


==Similar ideas==
[[Jung]] wrote extensively about the [[collective unconscious]], which exactly parallels Prechter's description of the "mass mind".

In classical antiquity, philosophers such as [[Plato]] acknowledged and discussed the paralleling of changes in different areas of culture, such as his saying "when the music changes, governments change."⏎
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==Criticism==
Much has been published based on the assumption that the Socionomic Hypothesis is true but the vast majority of this has been authored by Prechter himself and his company, Elliott Wave International.  As of early 2006, there is very little in the way of unbiased, neutrally-postured criticism in the public domain.

(contracted; show full)* [http://www.socionomics.net/ The Socionomics Institute]
* [http://www.socionomics.org/ Socionomics Foundation]

[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Behavior]]
[[Category:Market trends]]
[[Category:Protoscience]]
[[Category:Pseudoscience]]