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Psychologist Margaret Singer describes six conditions which would create an atmosphere in which thought reform through [[Mind Control]] tactics are made possible, in that these conditions involve no need for direct physical coercion or violence.
Psychologist Margaret Singer describes the conditions which would create an atmosphere in which thought reform through remote [[Mind Control]] tactics are made possible, in that these conditions involve no need for direct physical coercion or violence. See [[Warning Signs of a Cult]].


* Keep the victim unaware of what is going on and how he is being changed a step at a time.
* Keep the victim unaware of what is going on and how he is being changed a step at a time.
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*Victims get positive feedback for conforming to the group's beliefs and behaviors and negative feedback for old beliefs and behavior.
*Victims get positive feedback for conforming to the group's beliefs and behaviors and negative feedback for old beliefs and behavior.
*Manipulate a system of rewards, punishments, and experiences in order to promote learning the group's ideology or belief system and group-approved behaviors.
*Manipulate a system of rewards, punishments, and experiences in order to promote learning the group's ideology or belief system and group-approved behaviors.
*Good behavior, demonstrating an understanding and acceptance of the group's beliefs, and compliance are rewarded while questioning, expressing
*Good behavior, demonstrating an understanding and acceptance of the group's beliefs, and compliance are rewarded while questioning, expressing doubts or criticizing are met with disapproval, redress and possible rejection. If one expresses a question, he or she is made to feel that there is something inherently wrong with them to be questioning.  
doubts or criticizing are met with disapproval, redress and possible rejection. If one expresses a question, he or she is made to feel that there is
*The only feedback victims get is from the group, they become totally dependent upon the rewards given by those who control the environment.
something inherently wrong with them to be questioning. o The only feedback victims get is from the group, they become totally dependent upon the rewards given by those who control the environment.
*Victims must learn varying amounts of new information about the beliefs of the group and the behaviors expected by the group. The more complicated and filled with contradictions the new system is and the more difficult it is to learn, the more effective the conversion process will be.
*Victims must learn varying amounts of new information about the beliefs of the group and the behaviors expected by the group. The more complicated and filled with contradictions the new system is and the more difficult it is to learn, the more effective the conversion process will be.
*Esteem and affection from peers is very important to new recruits. Approval comes from having the new victim's behaviors and thought patterns conform
*Esteem and affection from peers is very important to new recruits. Approval comes from having the new victim's behaviors and thought patterns conform to the models (victims). Victims' relationship with peers is threatened whenever they fail to learn or display new behaviors. Over time, the easy solution to the insecurity generated by the difficulties of learning the new system is to inhibit any display of doubts -- new recruits simply acquiesce, affirm and act as if they do understand and accept the new ideology.  
to the models (victims). Victims' relationship with peers is threatened whenever they fail to learn or display new behaviors. Over time, the easy
solution to the insecurity generated by the difficulties of learning the new system is to inhibit any display of doubts -- new recruits simply acquiesce,
affirm and act as if they do understand and accept the new ideology.  
* Put forth a closed system of logic and an authoritarian structure that permits no feedback and refuses to be modified except by leadership approval or executive order.
* Put forth a closed system of logic and an authoritarian structure that permits no feedback and refuses to be modified except by leadership approval or executive order.
The group has a top-down, pyramid structure. The leaders must have verbal ways of never losing.
*The group has a top-down, pyramid structure. The dominating ego leaders must have verbal ways of never losing. Victims are not allowed to question, criticize or complain -- if they do, the leaders allege that the victim is defective -- not the organization or the beliefs.
Victims are not allowed to question, criticize or complain -- if they do, the leaders allege that the victim is defective -- not the organization or the
beliefs.
*The individual is always wrong -- the system, its leaders and its belief are always right.
*The individual is always wrong -- the system, its leaders and its belief are always right.
*Remolding of the individual victim happens in a closed system. As victims learn to modify their behavior in order to be accepted in this closed system,
*Remolding of the individual victim happens in a closed system. As victims learn to modify their behavior in order to be accepted in this closed system, they change -- begin to speak the language -- which serves to further isolate them from their prior beliefs and behaviors.
they change -- begin to speak the language -- which serves to further isolate them from their prior beliefs and behaviors."
 
==Social psychology tactics==
==Social psychology tactics==
A contemporary view of mind control sees it as an intensified and persistent use of well researched social psychology principles like compliance, conformity, persuasion, dissonance, reactance, framing or emotional manipulation.
A contemporary view of mind control sees it as an intensified and persistent use of well researched social psychology principles like compliance, conformity, persuasion, dissonance, reactance, framing or emotional manipulation.
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In Influence, Science and Practice, social psychologist Robert Cialdini argues that mind control is possible through the covert exploitation of the unconscious rules that underlie and facilitate healthy human social interactions. He states that common social rules can be used to prey upon the unwary, and he titles them as follows:
In Influence, Science and Practice, social psychologist Robert Cialdini argues that mind control is possible through the covert exploitation of the unconscious rules that underlie and facilitate healthy human social interactions. He states that common social rules can be used to prey upon the unwary, and he titles them as follows:


• "Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take...and Take"
* Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take...and Take
• "Commitment and Consistency: Hobgoblins of the Mind"
* Commitment and Consistency: Hobgoblins of the Mind
• "Social Proof: Truths Are Us"
* Social Proof: Truths Are Us
• "Liking: The Friendly Thief"
* Liking: The Friendly Thief
• "Authority: Directed Deference"
* Authority: Directed Deference
• "Scarcity: The Rule of the Few"
* Scarcity: The Rule of the Few


Using these six broad categories, he offers specific examples of both mild and extreme mind control (both one on one and in groups), notes the conditions under which each social rule is most easily exploited for false ends, and offers suggestions on how to resist such methods."
Using these six broad categories, he offers specific examples of both mild and extreme mind control (both one on one and in groups), notes the conditions under which each social rule is most easily exploited for false ends, and offers suggestions on how to resist such methods.


Reference: Wikipedia.org
Reference: Wikipedia.org
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==See Also==
==See Also==


[[Basic Principles of Psychological Warfare]]
[[Mind Control]]
[[Social Engineering]]


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