Hysteria

Cognitive Theory – Jean Piaget was an employee at the Binet Institute in the 1920’s where he was responsible for French versions of questions on English intelligence tests. It was there where he became intrigued by reasons children gave for their wrong answers on tests dealing with logical thinking. Piaget came to conclusion that these incorrect answers revealed key differences between the thinking of children and adults. In 1936 Jean Piaget was the first psychologist to make systematic study…

Journalist Edward R. Murrow and director George Clooney both agree the view on integrity can be altered by a mass hysteria. According to Murrow’s speech on the Future of News Media, he says, “We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information, and our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who…

Change Everything Imagine a hometown or country being attacked and the citizens being fearful and wanting an answer for their suffering. How do these people make their decisions to accuse or torment people that may or may not be innocent? Fear and hysteria have a major effect on how human beings make their decisions. If humans are fearful for their well being, they will make false accusations against innocent people. After the Boston Bombings in 2013, people accused innocent Muslims of…

people act out both against each other and within themselves. This play exemplifies guilt from three main characters: John Proctor, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren. The play also portrays the impact each of these three characters all had on the mass hysteria occurring in Salem, Massachusetts, at the time. The centrality of the play follows John Proctor, a generally well respected local farmer, and how the guilt of his affair with Abigail Williams affect both the personal and social aspects of his…

Thus, I was greatly intrigued when I came upon a theory that led to explain the hysteria of 1692 on a purely biological cause. In her research, Laurie Winn Carlson, found an explanation that could help to explain the large range of physical manifestations that were described by the colonists and this she postulates is an isolated epidemic…

still argue about whether the internment of Japanese Americans was justified. Historians argue over whether or not it was done for a legitimate reason. The internment of Japanese Americans was not justified because its racist, was conceived during hysteria and is inconsistent with our country's foundation. The interment was unjustified because it was racist towards the Japanese Americans. “From a military point of view the only danger on this coast (East) is from Germany and Italy. But the…

In both the twenty-first century and in the seventeenth century upholding values and reputations, despite society’s pressure, has aways been extremely difficult. Imagine one day being a normal citizen, and the next day being accused of witchcraft. Imagine one day being a normal high school student, and the next day being diagnosed with some unknown odd disease. Values and reputations can be sullied at any instant if they go against popular opinion. Upholding values of courage, perseverance, and…

vomited. She, at first, denied any use of magic, but then succumbed to confessing. She admitted that the devil appeared in a man shape and had asked her and four other women, including Good and Osborne, to serve him. Tituba 's confession caused a mass hysteria to sweep over the area, eventually grabbing the attention of the church and community. However, the way Tituba confessed was her clever strategy to save herself from execution. Although she admitted to associating herself with devil, she…

had an affair, Abigail would not be seeking revenge on he and his wife, he would not be a lecher, his wife would not be jailed, and his children would have their parents. His internals conflict mixes with the external conflict, the witch hysteria. The witch hysteria is caused by Abigail seeking revenge accusing innocent people of witchcraft. She then accuses John’s wife leading up to the events of his death. Using all of these techniques and devices, one may wonder why? What is the purpose of…

Conformity and absolute power are both big factors to suppressing a society views and leading to corruptness. It occurs over and over in both novels and real life as shown by the several incidents on this topics. Some of these cases including the US during the Cold War and the fear of communism and the fear of witchcraft in Salem in the 1600’s with the Puritans. Arthur Miller’s novel The Crucible is a reimagine of the witch trials that shows how conformity and absolute power led to the witch…