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Brainwashing

Brainwashing refers to the idea that an individual can get someone to adopt a particular doctrine or belief using purported methods that manipulate action or thought against a person's will, desire, or knowledge.

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China and the Korean War

Legal cases and the "brainwashing defense"

Anti-cult movement

United States scientific research

Other areas and studies

In popular culture

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Brainwashing

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related to Further reading · 61
Brainwashing → Apocalyptic Violence, April, Archived, Aum Shinrikyo, Brainwashing Conjecture, China, Concept, Destroying, Exit Cost Analysis, February, Internet Archive, ISBN, Joost, July, June, Kathleen, Lifton, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2
related to China and the Korean War · 21
Brainwashing → American, British, China, Chinese, CIA, Cold War, Colonel James Carne, Edward Hunter, English-language, Ford, Hunter, Korean War, Maoist, Miami News, October, POWs, Robert, Taoist, The, The Chinese
related to Other areas and studies · 21
Brainwashing → American, Belarus, Columbia University, Daniel Romanovsky, Dutch, German, Germans, He, His, Jews, Joost Meerloo, Meerloo's, Menticide, Mind, Nazi, Romanovsky, Russian, Second World War, Soviet, The Rape
related to In popular culture · 20
Brainwashing → American, Everyone, Forbidden Area, Hunter, In, In George Orwell's, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell's, POWs, Richard Condon, Soviet, The, The Bamboo Prison, The Fearmakers, The Manchurian Candidate, The Rack, Toward, United States, Unknown, We
related to Legal cases and the "brainwashing defense" · 19
Brainwashing → After, Bailey, Charles Manson, Cults, Despite, Diminished, Hearst, Her, In, Korean War POWs, Lee Bailey, Louis Jolyon West, Margaret Singer, Our Midst, Patty Hearst, Singer, Symbionese Liberation Army, The, They
related to American Psychological Association · 18
Brainwashing → American Psychological Association, APA, APA Task Force, APA's Board, BSERP, Control, Deceptive, DIMPAC, Ethical Responsibility, In, Indirect Techniques, May, On, Persuasion, Psychology, Singer, Social, The
related to United States scientific research · 10
Brainwashing → Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Defense, Department, For, LSD, Project MKUltra, Sidney Gottlieb, The, These
related to Anti-cult movement · 8
Brainwashing → He, In, Latter Day Saint, News, NRMs, Philip Zimbardo, Some, While
see also · 6
Brainwashing → Behavior, Mind, My DadThought Reform, Psychology, TotalismUnethical, United States

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deprogramming or exit counselinginstance ofHe concluded that the concept of brainwashing had been blacklisted.Eileen Barker criticized the concept of brainwashing because it functioned to justify costly interventions0.80text
LSDinstance ofThe CIA experiments using various psychedelic drugs0.80text
Mescaline drew from previous Nazi human experimentation.In 1979instance ofThe CIA experiments using various psychedelic drugs0.80text
John Dinstance ofThe CIA experiments using various psychedelic drugs0.80text
Brainwashingrelated to American Psychological AssociationIn0.60section
Brainwashingrelated to American Psychological AssociationAmerican Psychological Association0.60section
Brainwashingrelated to American Psychological AssociationAPA0.60section
Brainwashingrelated to American Psychological AssociationSinger0.60section
Brainwashingrelated to American Psychological AssociationAPA Task Force0.60section
Brainwashingrelated to American Psychological AssociationDeceptive0.60section
Brainwashingrelated to American Psychological AssociationIndirect Techniques0.60section
Brainwashingrelated to American Psychological AssociationPersuasion0.60section

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