Mass hysteria is able to effect an entire community or even a country. But this phenomenon is most common in small, close-knit communities (WiseGeek). ... They were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people who were accused for using supernatural power in Massachusetts. ... In still other cases, social or emotional pressures simply become too much for a community to manage it (Everyday Health). ...

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Social norms are the perceived standards of acceptable attitudes and behaviors prevalent among the members of a community. The community can be small (a family or workplace), or it can be large (city, state, country). ... If a member who has just recently been diagnosed with cancer can only relate cancer to death because most everyone he knew that had cancer has died, then being in this group situation and hearing of the survivors experiences may change his attitude about the disease, different treatment options, cures, etc. ...

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(Owens, 1996) Adults, in my discussion, are those who have past their puberty, and at the same time are not too old to deteriorate in memory span or hearing ability. ... For example, adults could learn a foreign language because they like the target culture, or they want to migrate to the community that speak the target language. ...

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Listening involves many skills other than those connected with hearing someone speak including non-verbal communication, posture, eye contact, body language, facial features and hand gestures. ... Schwartz and Gorman, (2003) state that, "exposure to community violence, an unsafe neighbourhood or risky behaviours contributes to lower academic performance." ...

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