Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning, and Indoctrination
Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning, and Indoctrination Ever since American prisoners of war in Korea suddenly switched sides to the Communist cause, the concept of brainwashing has…
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Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning, and Indoctrination
Ever since American prisoners of war in Korea suddenly switched sides to the Communist cause, the concept of brainwashing has continued to fascinate and confuse. What makes so-called brainwashing so different from the equally insidious effects of indoctrination and conditioning, or even advertising and education? Is it really possible to force any thinking person to act in a way completely alien to his character?
This book, by breaking down so-called brainwashing to its individual elements, shows how social conditioning, need for approval, emotional dependency and much else that we are unaware of, prevent us from being as self-directed as we think; and, conversely, which human traits make us the least susceptible to subtle influence. Research findings from psychology show that brainwashing is not a special subversive technique; it is the clever manipulation of unrealized influences that operate in all our lives.