Josh Hartnett was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Wendy Anne (Kronstedt) and Daniel Thomas Hartnett, a building manager.
Stockholm syndrome refers to a group of psychological symptoms that occur in some persons in a captive or hostage situation. It has received considerable media publicity in recent years because it has been used to explain the behavior of such well-known kidnapping victims as Patty Hearst (1974) and Elizabeth Smart (2002).
There are varying degrees of reaction formation, but a good example is Stockholm syndrome, which is when a person bonds with or idealizes their captors in order to manage or suppress feelings of terror or fear. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.