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May 24, 2024 · mass hysteria. A psycho-social phenomenon whereby people in large groups behave in a similar and often emotional manner. Often used (somewhat ethnocentrically) in trans-cultural psychiatry, together with the term collective epidemics, in reference to the pressure to conform to group norms in the societies of the Third World.
hysteria: [noun] a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral 4) functions.
mass hysteria: 1. spontaneous, en masse development of identical physical and/or emotional symptoms among a group of people, as seen in a classroom of schoolchildren; 2. a socially contagious frenzy of irrational behavior in a group of people as a reaction to an event. Synonym(s): epidemic hysteria , mass sociogenic illness
Nov 28, 2018 · The atmosphere of superstition, ignorance, and intense religiosity predisposed unstable individuals to this form of collective hypnosis.”. The term “mass hysteria” therefore seems more apt than collective psychosis.The dancing mania can be traced as far back as the tenth century in Italy. People would gather near a church and sing and ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Mass hysteria is a psychological phenomenon that originates in the mind and is usually the result of mental trauma or pain. It is also referred to as mass hysteria, mass psychogenic disorder, mass ...
In sociology and psychology, mass hysteria is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population and society as a result of rumors and fear. [1] [2] In medicine, the term is used to describe the spontaneous manifestation—or production of chemicals in the body—of the same or similar ...
Sep 18, 2023 · Mass hysteria, an intriguing psychological phenomenon, has drawn interest from academics and the general public. It alludes to a circumstance in which a large group of individuals exhibit similar physical or emotional symptoms, often without a discernible medical or environmental cause. In this piece, we’ll explore the intricacies of mass ...
