Epidemic hysteria happens when uncontrolled emotion is set into the minds of a group of people over an issue that is happening in the mind but not in reality. When hysteria sets into a group‚ those who have become "infected" find that their lives are thrown into chaos and ruin. Epidemic hysteria was found evident in the lives of the characters in The Crucible. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a play that retells the events of the Salem Witch Trials. By looking at those "infected" by
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client’s presenting issue?” Freud is the founding father of Psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud was born in Freiberg‚ Morovia in 1856. The family moved to Vienna in 1865 and Freud went to Vienna University‚ planning to study law but joined the medical faculty instead and studied to be a physician. He studied philosophy‚ physiology and zoology. Freud started work in a psychiatric unit a t Vienna in 1882. During this time‚ Freud came to realise that patients suffering with hysteria‚ could suffer with the physical
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Abigail is most responsible for the chaotic witchcraft situation by the end of act 1 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. In act 1 of Arthur Miller’s The crucible‚ Abigail is the most responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem‚ Massachusetts. One of the reasons why Abigail is to blame for the hysteria is her personality; she is characterized as having “an endless capacity for dissembling.” On page 1093 of the play‚ Reverend Parris is confronting Abigail of what happened the night before where she and other
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Over time the definition of hysteria has been altered. Long ago it was believed to be a medical condition thought only to affect women. Symptoms of the illness included partial paralysis‚ hallucinations and nervousness. In the late 1800’s and through today‚ it is looked at as a psychological disorder (“Hysteria”). Merriam-Webster defines it as a state in which emotions (such as fear) are so strong that can cause someone to behave in an uncontrolled way(Webster). Hysteria can influence the way people
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Mass hysteria is a condition affecting a group of persons‚ characterized by excitement or anxiety‚ irrational behavior or beliefs‚ or inexplicable symptoms of illness. It is also a common‚ tragic occurrence throughout human history. The Salem Witch Trials are an example of mass hysteria‚ as are Beatlemania‚ The Dancing Plague of 1518‚ and The War of the Worlds in 1938. The Salem witch trials occurred in the colony of Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing
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up? Sigmund Freud developed many theories in an effort to answer the mystery of a person’s conscious and subconscious. The evidence for these theories came through years of analysis of patients and himself. In fact many of his ideas and beliefs came from his own psychoanalysis. His invention of "psychoanalysis" ha allowed us to better understand the Oedipus Complex‚ dreams‚ and symptoms of hysteria. Certain patients of Freud would display signs and symptoms of hysteria and instead of excepting
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Hysteria defined (Webster ’s): "A psychiatric condition variously characterized by emotional excitability‚ excessive anxiety‚ sensory and motor disturbances‚ or the unconscious simulation of organic disorders." Freud will concentrate on what we today call "psychosomatic" illnesses‚ that is‚ seemingly organic symptoms that in fact have a purely psychological origin. The term hysteria was once used to define a medical condition that was assumed only to be caught only by women. Characteristics of
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Sigmund Freud Patricia Perez October 8‚ 2013 Houston Community College Author Note This paper was prepared for Psychology 2301‚ taught by Professor McGinty Although Sigmund Freud was not the first person to study psychology‚ he was the most noted on studying the human behavior. Sigmund Freud was born in Frieberg‚ Moravia in 1856‚ but at the age of 4 years old his family moved to Vienna where he lived and worked the rest of his life. He is the eldest of 8 children born
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