Communication Tactics of Cults

Dreamy Utopia Theory refers to individuals who do well separating their imagination from reality at all times.

Which persuasive appeal appeals most to emotion?

Manson used what to more easily control his followers and make them more compliant to his wishes?

Which of the following refers to an appeal to logic?

Symbolic convergence theory is about individual identities shared by individual fantasies.

What was the flavor-aid laced with to kill off members of Jonestown?

A universal characteristic of all cults is that they tend to promise what?

The mass suicide at Jonestown was the largest of its kind in U.S. history.

The Heaven's Gate Away Team wore green track suits and white Adidas sneakers in preparation for their "departure".

What did Mason believe was the cause for his movement?

Social Identity Theory explains how one's self esteem is tied to a group they belong to.

Heaven's Gate is about leaving your physical body (via suicide) to ascend to a higher realm on a spacecraft.

Those prepared to "ascend to the next realm" in Heaven's Gate wore a patch identifying themselves as what?

What is a cult?