In this lesson, we examined mass hysteria and moral panic, along with their probable causes. Mass hysteria is a phenomenon in which a group of people exhibit similar hysterical symptoms. Technically, mass hysteria involves physical effects, such as changes in behavior or physical well-being. ...
The term 'hysteria' is used to signify the feeling of excessive emotion that is often out of one's control. The causes behind mass hysteria are often not justified as it cannot be categorized as a physical disorder but more like a plague of the mind. Mass hysteria results in people ...