Captive minds : hypnosis and beyond /
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Abstract: | How do cults hold on to their disciples? How do the Marines command such loyalty? Why do Jesuit priests submit to a lifetime of strict authority? This film explains how long-term conditioning takes place and shows that the indoctrination methods of disparate institutions are surprisingly similar. Recruits are isolated and worked to exhaustion. Confused and frightened, they readily submit to a leader, be it guru, fuhrer or sergeant. The film shows how the power of suggestion influences behavior. Hypnosis, for example, may lead to short-term change; other psychotherapies may alter behavior for an extended time. Captive Minds reminds us that we are all vulnerable to psychological manipulation. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 12, 2013). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (56 min.). Previously released as DVD. |
| Playing Time: | 00:56:00 |
| Audience: | High School. Adult. |