APA Dictionary of Psychology

mass psychology

Updated on 04/19/2018
  1. the mental and emotional states and processes that occur in a large body of individuals who, although they may not have any common characteristics, are considered as a whole.
  2. the scientific study of these phenomena, including the study of mass movements, collective hysteria, and the effects of the media.
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