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'''Mind control''' (also known as brainwashing, coercive persuasion, [[thought]] ''control'', or thought reform) refers to a [[process]] in which a [[group]] or [[individual]] "systematically uses unethically [[manipulative]] [[methods]] to [[persuade]] others to [[conform]] to the wishes of the manipulator(s), often to the detriment of the [[person]] being manipulated". The term has been applied to any tactic, [[psychological]] or otherwise, which can be seen as subverting an [[individual]]'s sense of [[control]] over their own [[thinking]], [[behavior]], [[emotions]] or [[decision]] making.

'''Mind control''' (also known as brainwashing, coercive persuasion, [[thought]] ''control'', or thought reform) refers to a [[process]] in which a [[group]] or [[individual]] "systematically uses unethically [[manipulative]] [[methods]] to [[persuade]] others to [[conform]] to the wishes of the manipulator(s), often to the detriment of the [[person]] being manipulated". The term has been applied to any tactic, [[psychological]] or otherwise, which can be seen as subverting an [[individual]]'s sense of [[control]] over their own [[thinking]], [[behavior]], [[emotions]] or [[decision]] making.

[[Theories]] of brainwashing and of [[mind]] [[control]] were originally [[developed]] to explain how [[totalitarian]] [[regimes]] appeared to succeed in systematically indoctrinating prisoners of [[war]] through [[propaganda]] and [[torture]] [[techniques]]. These theories were later expanded and [[modified]], by [[psychologists]] including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Singer Margaret Singer], to explain a wider range of [[phenomena]], especially [[conversions]] to [[new religious movements]] (NRMs). A third-[[generation]] [[theory]] proposed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Zablocki Ben Zablocki] [[focused]] on the utilization of mind control to retain members of NRMs and [[cults]] to convert them to a new [[religion]]. The suggestion that NRMs use mind control techniques has resulted in [[scientific]] and [[legal]] [[controversy]]. Neither the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychological_Association American Psychological Association] nor the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sociological_Association American Sociological Association] have found any scientific merit in such [[theories]].

[[Theories]] of brainwashing and of [[mind]] [[control]] were originally [[developed]] to explain how [[totalitarian]] [[regimes]] appeared to succeed in systematically indoctrinating prisoners of [[war]] through [[propaganda]] and [[torture]] [[techniques]]. These theories were later expanded and [[modified]], by [[psychologists]] including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Singer Margaret Singer], to explain a wider range of [[phenomena]], especially [[conversions]] to [[new religious movements]] (NRMs). A third-[[generation]] [[theory]] proposed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Zablocki Ben Zablocki] [[focused]] on the utilization of mind control to retain members of NRMs and [[cults]] to convert them to a new [[religion]]. The suggestion that NRMs use mind control techniques has resulted in [[scientific]] and [[legal]] [[controversy]]. Neither the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychological_Association American Psychological Association] nor the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sociological_Association American Sociological Association] have found any scientific merit in such [[theories]].

<center>For lessons on the topic of '''''Mind Control''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Mind_Control '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the topic of '''''Mind Control''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Mind_Control '''''this link'''''].</center>

Mind control is a general term for a [[number]] of [[controversial]] theories proposing that an [[individual]]'s [[thinking]], [[behavior]], [[emotions]] or [[decisions]] can, to a greater or lesser extent, be [[manipulated]] at will by outside [[sources]]. According to sociologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Richardson James T. Richardson], some of the [[concepts]] of brainwashing have spread to other fields and are applied "with some success" in [[contexts]] unrelated to the earlier [[cult]] controversies, such as custody battles and child [[sexual]] [[abuse]] cases, "where one [[parent]] is accused of brainwashing the [[child]] to reject the other parent, and in child sex abuse cases where one parent is accused of brainwashing the child to make sex abuse accusations against the other parent".

Mind control is a general term for a [[number]] of [[controversial]] theories proposing that an [[individual]]'s [[thinking]], [[behavior]], [[emotions]] or [[decisions]] can, to a greater or lesser extent, be [[manipulated]] at will by outside [[sources]]. According to sociologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Richardson James T. Richardson], some of the [[concepts]] of brainwashing have spread to other fields and are applied "with some success" in [[contexts]] unrelated to the earlier [[cult]] controversies, such as custody battles and child [[sexual]] [[abuse]] cases, "where one [[parent]] is accused of brainwashing the [[child]] to reject the other parent, and in child sex abuse cases where one parent is accused of brainwashing the child to make sex abuse accusations against the other parent".

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Kent Stephen A. Kent] [[analyzes]] and summarizes the use of the brainwashing [[meme]] by non-sociologists in the period 2000-2007, finding the term useful not only in the [[context]] of "New Religions/Cults", but equally under the headings of "Teen Behavior Modification Programs; Terrorist Groups; Dysfunctional Corporate Culture; Interpersonal Violence; and Alleged Chinese Governmental Human Rights Violations Against Falun Gong".[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_control]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Kent Stephen A. Kent] [[analyzes]] and summarizes the use of the brainwashing [[meme]] by non-sociologists in the period 2000-2007, finding the term useful not only in the [[context]] of "New Religions/Cults", but equally under the headings of "Teen Behavior Modification Programs; Terrorist Groups; Dysfunctional Corporate Culture; Interpersonal Violence; and Alleged Chinese Governmental Human Rights Violations Against Falun Gong".[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_control]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKULTRA MKULTRA]'''''

*'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKULTRA MKULTRA]'''''

==Contrast==

==Contrast==

In [[contrast]] to the pejorative connotations of ''Mind Control'', whether state sponsored or from other outside influences, there exists throughout history references to the [[value]] of gaining [[control]] of one's own [[mind]] that yields [[self-mastery]] as expressed in the phrase "as we [[think]], so we are."

In [[contrast]] to the pejorative connotations of ''Mind Control'', whether state sponsored or from other outside influences, there exists throughout history references to the [[value]] of gaining [[control]] of one's own [[mind]] that yields [[self-mastery]] as expressed in the phrase "as we [[think]], so we are."