Brainwashing is a term that emerged in the 1950s to explain the changes in belief systems and ideologies exhibited by US soldiers after they were released from detainment in China. Today, psychologists prefer the term coercive persuasion. In recent decades,…[Continue Reading...]
Policymakers are already flagging they will look more closely at radicalisation following the horrific murders in Wieambilla. Gareth, Nathaniel and Stacey Train killed two Queensland police officers – Constable Rachel McCrow and Constable Matthew Arnold – and local man Alan…[Continue Reading...]
Studies of North Macedonians immediately after their country was renamed and of U.S. residents affected by a series of tornadoes showed that people who felt a loss of control over important events tended to increase their beliefs in conspiracy theories.…[Continue Reading...]
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