How does brainwashing differ from other persuasive techniques?


Answer: Brainwashing requires a captive audience.

Psychology

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Jason is a heroin user who cannot always afford new needles, so he used to share needles with his friends who also use heroin. At the county health office, though, a new program allows him to exchange his used needles for clean ones at no cost, so he does not need to share needles anymore. Jason's behavior has been influenced by a(n) program

a. universal prevention b. harm reduction c. relapse prevention d. psychotherapy

Psychology

From a psychodynamic perspective, how did Ted Haggard cope with the inconsistency of his values and his sexual desires?

A. through free association B. by actively advocating for gay marriage C. by acting out his sexual desires D. by actively condemning gay marriage

Psychology

According to Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, you should review your lecture notes within the first ____ after class.?

a. ?week b. ?three days c. ?twenty-four hours d. ?nine hours

Psychology

Which statement about sleep is TRUE?

A) Newborns sleep less than do the elderly. B) REM sleep is most pronounced in the first 30 minutes of sleep. C) Over the course of a night, we usually sleep 2 hours for every hour that we had been awake. D) We sleep less per night as we age.

Psychology