Brainwashing
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Mind control (also known as brainwashing, coercive persuasion, thought control, or thought reform) refers to a process in which manipulative methods are used to persuade others to conform to the wishes of the manipulator. The term has been applied to any tactic, psychological or otherwise, which can be seen as subverting an individual's sense of control over their own thinking, behavior, emotions or decision making.
Theories of brainwashing and of mind control were originally developed to explain how totalitarian regimes appeared to succeed systematically in indoctrinating prisoners of war through propaganda and torture techniques. These theories were later expanded and modified by psychologists including Margaret Singer, to explain a wider range of phenomena, especially conversions to new religious movements (NRMs). A third-generation theory proposed by Ben Zablocki focused on the use of mind control to retain members of NRMs and cults. The suggestion that NRMs use mind control techniques has resulted in scientific and legal controversy.
See also
- Breaking point
- Crowd manipulation
- Culture of fear
- Gaslighting
- Love bombing
- Flunitrazepam
- Hypnosis
- Indoctrination
- Mind control in popular culture
- Mind games
- MKULTRA (a covert CIA research program)
- Propaganda, and Propaganda model
- Subliminal messages
- Unethical human experimentation in the United States
