Sunday, April 05, 2009

Trivia for this week

Hey all
There are a couple of interesting things that i keep coming across every day. So what better way to record it than blog about it. So starting this week (err...actually last week) I plan to post some interesting trivia every Monday. Some would be funny, some unimaginable and some just pure facts

Going on to my trivia for this week :
1. What is the cpital of Sweden - Ans : Stockholm
2. What is the capital of Peru - Ans: Lima
Hey dont worry ...the above 2 questions are not the actual interesting facts.
So u now know Stockholm and Lima ,but have u heard of Stockholm Syndrome and Lima Syndrome?
Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in abducted hostages, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger or risk in which they have been placed. The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28 in 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

The Lima Syndrome is a psychological condition, which is almost the reverse of the Stockholm syndrome. While in the Stockholm Syndrome, affected hostages develop sympathy for their abductor, in the Lima Syndrome, affected abductors begin to sympathize with their hostages.

1 Comment:

  1. Anonymous said...
    I had heard about the stockholm syndrome but the lima syndrome is definitely new to me.. thanks for sharing this!:)

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