What do the following situations share in common: a million listeners of Orson Welles's broadcast of War of the Worlds become panic-stricken, believing it is a real event; a case of mass psychogenic illness occurs in Tennessee; people in the Middle Ages became "infected" with dancing manias. All are examples of

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All of these situations involve people being influenced by the beliefs and behaviors of those around them, without necessarily having accurate or rational information themselves. This is the result of informational social influence, where people conform to the opinions and behaviors of others in order to be correct or accepted.

What Do the Following Situations Share in Common: a Million