Mass Hysteria Theory

Mob mentality and herd behavior have a negative behavior on people because of their individuality and rational thinking. People are influenced by others behaviors in a group. They can have negative and positive acts on people having individual thinking and it changes people's rational thinking. In the teleplay “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” written by Rod Serling, the article “When Good people Do Bad Things” written by Ann Trafton, and the article “Why Do People Follow The Crowd” reported by ABC news, when someone does not want to share their own idea they do not feel like sharing as a groups. People can also act differently in a group because they do not want to be embarrassed with others.

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One reason as to why mob hysteria could create a form of power to the wrong person is that this creates a form of fear in the rest of the people. As a result, those people look to someone to lead them out of the bad situation, and that person is not always the best one for the job. Humans have not

Mob Hysteria Do you ever feel you are like the one percent and the other ninety-nine percent are surrounding you? That feel, it describes mob hysteria. Mob Hysteria produces a sense of fear, paranoia , and false accusations towards each other. Throughout history mob hysteria has tore society apart especially during the cold war, Joesph Mccarthy gained much notoriety with his false accusations against the American government with algelly 51 known communist working in the American government. Which prompted Arthur Miller to write his book called The Crucible.

Mob Mentality Anyone can be a part of something that they would normally not do. It could be harmful towards others or it could be something that did not affect anyone. When people are in groups, they are more likely to riot than if they are by themselves, possibly causing them to make bad or racist decisions if everyone around them are. Crowds can make people feel like they are doing something right just because they are not alone. “Isolated individuals seldom heckle or riot.

“ An old dream with shiny new veneer. Its fascinating, you know, how an obsolete madness is sometimes adopted and stylized in the attempt to ghoulishly preserve it. These are the days of second - hand fantasias and antiquated hysteria.(www.GoodReads.com) This quote demonstrates that people will revive a destructive idea while painting it a different color in hopes others will follow. According Dictionary.com Mob Hysteria is defined as “ affects a group of people by behavior, or their own beliefs.” Mob Hysteria has presented itself in many forms through history. Researchers have attempted to understand the reason why individuals act out due to the actions, thoughts, and influences of others. Mob Hysteria demolishes an individual’s morals,

In the real world, those who want to protest and make a difference in society form groups so that their point will be more publicized, and therefore, taken seriously. When King states that “groups tend to be more immoral than individuals,” it relates to violent riots that have currently come to issue in today’s society. Speaking out against society can be immoral. Riots are known to consist of destruction of property, violence, and other profanity. However, it is rare to see an individual take part in these behaviors, without a group supporting them. For example, violent-anti Trump riots have broken out across the U.S. The question is, how many of these rioters would act

Far too often, one person shares an idea and then a domino effect takes place. Soon hundreds of people show up in a blurry rage. Mob mentality is a lot like cataracts. It clouds your vision and plays with your brain. Often times the person doesn’t fully understand what they are doing.

During the late 1940’s and the 1950’s, a huge wave of hysteria swept through the United States. As America sat on the eve of the Cold War, a fear of communism spread like a plague in both our politics and our social interactions. This would mark the second time America would have a “Red Scare”, and this one would be stronger and last much longer. This wave of paranoia was heightened further in 1950 when a Republican Senator by the name of Joseph McCarthy claimed that the U.S. State Department had been taken over by communism. This led to many people using questions of their political opponents American loyalty without evidence as a strategy to best them.

Kristeen Johnson Mr. A. 8 th Grade English A May 22, 2017 Mass Hysteria In Salem There has been many claims of mass hysteria within the village of Salem in Massachusetts. The mass hysteria claims in Salem were taken seriously during the time period in which these events took place. The time period was from 1692 through 1693. Many people were affected in Salem with these claims (Brooks).

Imagine the terror of a mass hysteria hoax. During the sixteenth century, witch trials caused the deaths of thousands as chaos spread throughout Europe. Many European villages in history have witnessed witch executions and the imprisonment of suspected witches. The Crucible, along with the Salem Witch Trials and the European witch trials, have many similarities and differences that make them both memorable and important.

“Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II. Their crime? Being of Japanese ancestry”(History par.1) all because people were scared which is a form of mass hysteria. Mass Hysteria is the cause of many panics across the world such as in Le Roy High School in New York where multiple girls suffered a twitch disorder much like tourettes and then in Tanzania when villages west of Lake Victoria experienced an epidemic of laughing and crying. Similar outbreaks have been reported in schools in europe and the US”(Waller par. 2). Most cases of mass hysteria all have different causes and there are three which are most common. Throughout history, mass hysteria has been caused by fear, attention and rumors, and even a psychic contagion.

On September 11, 2001, 19 members of a terrorist group called al-Qaeda hijacked four U.S. airplanes and used them to strike various targets on the East Coast. The carefully planned attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, making it the worst attack on the United States in history. Al-Qaeda is a small, very violent group of people who practice the Muslim religion and who want to create a Muslim state independent of other countries. Al-Qaeda considers the freedoms that U.S. citizens have to be evil and does not want the United States to spread those freedoms to other countries. Everyone witnessed it on TV or experienced it in real life, which made it a reality for everyone across America. 9/11 created mass hysteria in the U.S., whereby false conclusions

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