epq map 3
- Created by: Sibcyg
- Created on: 13-11-19 22:27
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- EPQ
- Behavioural psychology
- Behavioural disorders
- Schizophrenia
- DID
- Behavioural disorders
- Cults in the 20th Century
- Jim Jones
- Around 1,000 (both murder and suicide)
- Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret
- 51 mass suicide in Canada, Switzerland, France, Australia and other countries. (Murder and Suicide)
- Marshall Applewhite
- 38 ALL voluntary suicide by poison
- Some commentators attributed his followers' willingness to commit suicide to his skill as a manipulator, while others argued that their willingness was due to their faith in the narrative that he constructed.
- Allegedly Schizophrenic episode
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1016/j.religion.2005.06.003
- Teal Swan
- Modern day cult leader, previously member of satanic cult. youtube star, caused 2 followers to commit suicide with her controversial 'advice'
- Jim Jones
- Secondary resources
- https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/3/3/JCMC334/4584381
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/26663870?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=marshall&searchText=applewhite&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dmarshall%2Bapplewhite&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-4802%2Ftest1&refreqid=search%3Aa4f83696971ebb5e266e01d480062fb6&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- Characteristics of a cult
- Charismatic Leader- Auhoritarianism
- Indoctrination programme / thought reform
- Exploitation
- Destructive nature makes it a cult
- For followers
- 2)'Soft sale'-Further malleability of the followers indoctrination
- 3) A new reality- Reinforcement of new beliefs in this new religious movement
- 4) The dear leader- worship of the leader
- 5) Mutual/external enemy (manipulation of members previous reasoning)
- 6) Peer pressure (group assimilation and pressure to conform)
- 7) A sociopathic narcissist
- Behavioural psychology
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