#27: Mob Mentality and The Riddle House

We're starting Goblet of Fire!! For this episode you just need to have read CHAPTER ONE of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. We talk about loyalty and mob mentality.  Get ready to win house points!! We're starting our third House Cup Tournament. Will Hufflepuff win it for the third time in a row?! Or will another house take the title from them? Earn house points by writing reviews, interacting with us on Instagram, and participating in our Mindful Magic Mondays!  Follow us! @firstyearspod on Instagram and Twitter.  Email us! firstyearspodcast @ gmail . com  SOURCES:  Carey, Benedict. Making Sense of the 'Mob' Mentality. 12 Jan. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/science/crowds-mob-psychology.html. Carruthers, Tom. Using Venom to Heal? 19 Sept. 2019, www.science.org.au/curious/people-medicine/using-venom-heal. “Crowd Psychology.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_psychology. Henderson, Rob. “The Science Behind Why People Follow the Crowd.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 24 May 2017, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/after-service/201705/the-science-behind-why-people-follow-the-crowd. “Herd Mentality.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_mentality. Paterson, James. “How Snake Venom Kills... and Saves Lives.” Let's Talk Science, 23 July 2019, letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/how-snake-venom-kills-and-saves-lives. Ross, Pete. “Think You Wouldn't Do Evil? Think Again.” Observer, Observer, 8 June 2017, observer.com/2017/06/mob-mentality-digital-age-twitter/.