Reza tells his friends that he was attacked by wasps and that now he is experiencing strange medical symptoms. A local TV news show runs a story, and in the week after, dozens more people report strange wasp behavior and the same unusual symptoms. This is most closely an example of which phenomenon?

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Lyric Osborne

24 June, 05:48

Reza tells his friends that he was attacked by wasps and that now he is experiencing strange medical symptoms. A local TV news show runs a story, and in the week after, dozens more people report strange wasp behavior and the same unusual symptoms. This is most closely an example of which phenomenon?

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Makenzie Vance · Answer 1

Mass hysteria

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In psychology, mass hysteria is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear. It is also known as mass psychogenic illness, collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior for example, Reza tells his friends that he was attacked by wasps and that now he is experiencing strange medical symptoms.