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Report of the APA Task Force on Deceptive and Indirect Techniques of Persuasion and Control
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Report of the APA Task Force on Deceptive and Indirect Techniques of Persuasion and Control
November 1986
Margaret Thaler Singer, University of California Berkeley; Harold Goldstein, National Institute of Mental Health; Michael D. Langone, American Family Foundation; Jesse S. Miller, San Francisco, California; Maurice K. Temerlin, Clinical Psychology Consultants, Inc.; Louis J. West, University of California Los Angeles
Topics
Historical Background
Cults
Definitional Issues
Religious Cults
Types of religious cults
Harms associated with religious cults
Methodological considerations
The brainwashing/deprogramming controversy.
Psychotherapy Cults
Literature review.
Legal cases.
Non-professional cults.
Large-Group Awareness Training
LGAT Historical Background
LGAT Review of the Literature
LGAT Conclusions
Analysis
The Continuum of Influence: A Proposal
Influence Continuum
Ethical Issues for Psychologists
Ethical Issues for Nonpsychologists
Recommendations
Abstract
Cults and large group awareness trainings have generated considerable controversy because of their widespread use of deceptive and indirect techniques of persuasion and control. These techniques can compromise individual freedom, and their use has resulted in serious harm to thousands of individuals and families. This report reviews the literature on this subject, proposes a new way of conceptualizing influence techniques, explores the ethical ramifications of deceptive and indirect techniques of persuasion and control, and makes recommendations addressing the problems described in the report.
Report of the APA Task Force
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Deceptive and Indirect Techniques
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Persuasion and Control
In recent years, cultic groups in the areas of religion, politics, and psychotherapy have generated considerable public criticism as a result of the harmful consequences of the techniques such groups "
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