Imagine That Half the Clerical Employees in One Building of a School

Multiple Choice

Imagine that half the clerical employees in one building of a school begin to have headaches, feel agitated, scratch themselves furiously, feel numbness in their fingers, and faint. There is no biological explanation. This incident would most likely be seen by psychologists as an example of ____.

A) mass madness
B) exorcism
C) hypnotic susceptibility
D) mesmerism