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Control the person’s physical and social environment. Leaders of mind-control provide ample structure, rules, and assignments to keep targets constantly on task.
Philip Zimbardo defined mind control as "the process by which individual or collective freedom of choice and action is compromised by agents or agencies that modify or distort perception, motivation, affect, cognition or behavioral outcomes," [43] and he suggested that any human being is susceptible to such manipulation.
What Is Mind Control? Terminology. Mind control is also known as manipulation, thought reform, brainwashing, mental control, coercive persuasion, coercive control, malignant use of group dynamics, and many others.
Mind control (also known as brainwashing, coercive persuasion or thought control) means trying to control other people's beliefs and behaviours. In this process, a person or group persuades others to change their basic beliefs and values. [1] They may use unethical methods and manipulation, which often harms the people being manipulated. [2]
Is Total Mind Control Possible? Expert perspective on a scenario from the worlds of sci-fi and espionage. Posted September 24, 2015 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader
Mind control is a common plot device in many genres of fiction. Its ubiquity is perhaps unsurprising: the prospect of the explicit, full control of the mind evokes alluring and startling...
Understanding Cults: The Basics. To help others, it is important to understand mind control and undue influence. Posted June 5, 2021 | Reviewed by Hara Estroff Marano. Key points. No one joins...
Mind control is the process by which individual or collective freedom of choice and action is compromised by agents or agencies that modify or distort perception, motivation, affect, cognition and/or behavioral outcomes.
mind control. an extreme form of social influence used to indoctrinate an individual in the attitudes and beliefs of a group, usually one that is religious or political in nature. See brainwashing; coercive persuasion. the control of physical activities of the body, particularly autonomic functions, by mental processes.
How to Control Your Mind. A goal of psychology is controlling yourself. Modern psychology can help. Posted May 19, 2020|Reviewed by Jessica Schrader. Source: Alexi Berry, used with...