2006-09-20 15:05:05 · 4 answers · asked by Dave 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Stockholm Syndrome is the name for the phenomenon where a hostage starts sympathizing with his/her captor. It got its name from a bank robbery/hostage taking incident that happened in Stockholm, Sweden.
2006-09-20 15:10:04 · answer #1 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the first time it was noted was during a hostage incident in Stockholm. And it's been Stockholm Syndrome ever since.
2006-09-20 15:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My version: because somebody was superstitious or liked to stereotype others by origin and did not see anything bad in converting "the syndrome in Stockholm" to "a Stockholm syndrome".
2006-09-20 15:17:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of a hostage situation in Stockholm.
2006-09-20 15:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by answersBeta2.1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋