People Are Often Persuaded to Join Cults

question 602

Multiple Choice

People are often persuaded to join cults

• A) when they are undergoing distress and, at such times, believe that joining the cult is all they need to do to be happy again.
• B) by techniques totally opposite of those used in brainwashing.
• C) because they want to be nonconformists regarding their values and beliefs.
• D) by leaders who want their followers to question their own beliefs and to reach their own conclusions about how to live.

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