Changing Another Person LO20103

Bill Braun (medprac@hlthsys.com)
Sun, 06 Dec 1998 08:00:18 -0500

Replying to LO20095 --

>I am afraid I have to agree with John, and I appreciate his use of
>examples which illustrate how important it is to realize that we can be
>influenced by others without being aware of it. I have studied cults and
>how they draw people in, and one of the things they can do is use our own
>intelligence against us by having clever responses for all of our
>arguments. I believe that, when we are convinced we cannot be fooled,
>that is when we are most vulnerable.

Hi Genene,

As a paraphrase of my response to John, is your model describing a causal
link between contact with or exposure to cults and joining them? If so
what explains people who have contact with or exposure to cults and don't
join? I'm interpreting your example and the one's John offered as meaning
that we are "acted upon", which seems to suggest that there is no element
of "co-conspirator" behavior by the "target".

Bill

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