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Panic is a sudden terror which dominates thinking and often affects groups of people. Panics typically occur in disaster situations, for example, during a fire, and may endanger the overall health of the affected group. Architects and city planner s increasingly try to accommodate the symptoms of panic, such as herd behavior, during design and planning, often using simulations to determine the best way to lead people to a safe exit.

In sociology, precipitate and irrational actions of a group are often refererd to as panics (e.g. "sex panic", "stock market panic"), see also hysteria.

The word panic apparently derives from the Greek God Pan, who supposedly struck fear into the enemies of his subjects.

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Panic is also the title of a 2000 film starring William H. Macy, Donald SutherlandDonald Sutherland (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian actor. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and studied in Toronto at Victoria College where he was expelled from residence for throwing a sink out the window. He got his start at age 14 at CBC Radi and John RitterJohn Ritter ( September 17, 1948 September 11, 2003) was an American actor. He was born Jonathan Southworth Ritter in Burbank, California, the son of Country singer/actor Tex Ritter and former actress Dorothy Fay. Ritter attended Hollywood High School, wh.

Panic is also the title of an EC Comic published from 1954 to 1956.

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