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Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 1 Problem 7TY

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Solution 1

Mass hysteria as the name indicates it is a term used to describe a group of people that the people affected were convinced that they were afflicted or possessed by a demonic spirit.

Lycanthropy is type of mass madness that has a strong belief that they were possessed by wolves. The belief is to the extreme that the people will behave like wolves and even covered with fur.

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Hence the option a is not correct.

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Alien abduction is a deception that an individual is taken by a non human entity.

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Hence the option c is not correct.

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Emotional contagion is a scientific basis for the mass hysteria. It is the automatic synchronization of one behavior and expression by another.

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Hence the correct option is.