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Non-Frauds / Re: freedomofmind.com
« Last post by Sparks on Today at 02:44:58 am »Recently, this was posted in the "Member Introductions" section:
Amazingly, even after 17 years, all three links in the first post here still work, so I quoted it over there.
Here is more about the BITE method/model mentioned in the quote above:
I’d like to share one of the sources I have relied upon, a site called Freedom of Mind by Steven Hassan. He explains the BITE method/model for identifying cults. I’ll attach it in case this is ever helpful to anyone else.
Amazingly, even after 17 years, all three links in the first post here still work, so I quoted it over there.
Here is more about the BITE method/model mentioned in the quote above:
Steven Hassan's BITE Model of Authoritarian Control
Dissertation published January 2021: “The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control: Undue Influence, Thought Reform, Brainwashing, Mind Control, Trafficking and the Law” https://www.proquest.com/docview/2476570146/
Many people think of mind control as an ambiguous, mystical process that cannot be defined in concrete terms. In reality, mind control refers to a specific set of methods and techniques, such as hypnosis or thought-stopping, that influence how a person thinks, feels, and acts.
Based on research and theory by Robert Jay Lifton, Margaret Singer, Edgar Schein, Louis Jolyon West, and others who studied brainwashing in Maoist China as well as cognitive dissonance theory by Leon Festinger, Steven Hassan developed the BITE Model to describe the specific methods that cults use to recruit and maintain control over people. “BITE” stands for Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control.