Psychology & Sociology · Mr. Pankow: Behavior & Behavior Change

Question

Mass hysteria is ____

Answer

Mass hysteria is when a large number of people experience unmanageable delusions and anxiety at the same time
reaction spreads very quickly aand can reach more people through rumors and fears
example: Tell people that there is a hurricane coming and this induces fear/anxiety in large numbers of people and then they rush to the supermarket to stock up and drive erratically and it all becomes a distaster

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