The Success of Religious Cults Is Explained by Their Effective

question 123

Multiple Choice

The success of religious cults is explained by their effective use of

• A) escalating behavioural commitments.
• B) persuasion principles.
• C) isolating group members.
• D) all of the choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Us-Them Hostility

A form of social or group bias where an in-group harbors negative feelings and attitudes towards an out-group, often leading to conflict.

Interdependence

A mutual reliance between two or more groups, organisms, or objects, where each affects or depends on the others.

Familiarity Effect

The tendency of people to feel more positive toward a person, item, product, or other stimulus the more familiar they are with it.

Positive Toward

Positive toward is not a recognized psychological or scientific term and may be a typographical error or miscommunication. NO.