epidemic catalepsy

a situation in which catalepsy occurs in a number of individuals at the same time as a result of identification or imitation.

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Psychology term of the day

September 1st 2024

misinformation effect

a phenomenon in which a person mistakenly recalls misleading information that an experimenter has provided, instead of accurately recalling the correct information that had been presented earlier. The misinformation effect is studied in the context of eyewitness memory.