Cult Psychology: A Cognitive, Personality Psychology, Social and Forensic Psychology Look At Cults: An Introductory Series, #33

By Connor Whiteley

Perfect for psychology students and psychology professionals alike.

Cults are extremely interesting to psychologists because they make a person give up their autonomy and cults can have horrific consequences for members.

But why do people go through this?

If you want to know about cult psychology, supernatural beliefs and more, this is the book for you.

We'll explore cult psychology in great depth covering a great range of cult psychology topics from cognitive psychology, social psychology and more. All to help you understand what's the psychology behind cults and how do we help people get out of cults.

This is an amazing book that you will love.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: CGD Publishing
• Release date: Jan 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201927974

Connor Whiteley

Hello, I'm Connor Whiteley, I am an 18-year-old who loves to write creatively, and I wrote my Brownsea trilogy when I was 14 years old after I went to Brownsea Island on a scout camp. At the camp, I started to think about how all the broken tiles and pottery got there and somehow a trilogy got created.Moreover, I love writing fantasy and sci-fi novels because you’re only limited by your imagination.In addition, I'm was an Explorer Scout and I love camping, sailing and other outdoor activities as well as cooking.Furthermore, I do quite a bit of charity work as well. For example: in early 2018 I was a part of a youth panel which was involved in creating a report with research to try and get government funding for organised youth groups and through this panel. I was invited to Prince Charles’ 70th birthday party and how some of us got in the royal photograph.Finally, I am going to university and I hope to get my doctorate in clinical psychology in a few years.

Book preview

INTRODUCTION

I absolutely love cults.

Not only do cults provide the media, fiction writers, the news and lots of other forms of entertainment with an endless source of inspiration. But cults are extremely interesting to psychologists.

Because cults are very strange in terms of psychology. They make a person suppress their identity as the cult provides them with a new one. Cultists give up their autonomy and lots of other interesting findings have come around by investigating cults.

But not only will this book investigate cults and cult behaviour through social, cognitive and clinical psychology viewpoints. We’ll also look at what a cult actually is (because let’s face it entertainment can get this wrong) and we’ll look at how you help people trapped in cults.

Of course, nothing in this book is any sort of professional advice but it’s great to look at.

This book will be great!

Who Is This Book For?

Mainly aimed at university psychology students and psychology professionals, this book will give you a great in-depth overview of cult psychology as well as cult behaviour. So we can all begin to understand why and how cults work.

All explained in a great, engaging, easy to understand way.

You won’t want to miss this book!

Who Am I?

I always like to know who’s writing the nonfiction book I’m reading so I know the book is full of reliable information.

In case you’re like me, I’m Connor Whiteley an author of over 40 books and 20 of these are psychology books. Including my best selling Forensic Psychology books.

Also, I’m a psychology student studying at the University of Kent, England.

Finally, I’m the host of the weekly The Psychology World Podcast available on all major podcast apps and YouTube. Telling people about great psychology topics and psychology news.

Now we know what the book is about, let’s dive into the great topic of cult psychology.

This is going to be fun!

PART ONE:

THE BASICS OF CULT PSYCHOLOGY AND CULT LEADERS

BASICS OF CULT PSYCHOLOGY

As much as we all want to dive into ‘proper’ cult psychology, we really need to learn the basics first. And unlike a lot of psychology basics, the basics of cult psychology are very fun and worth a read.

But first, why is it important to learn about cult psychology?

Personally, I would love everyone to learn about cult psychology because by learning about cults, how they work and how to defend ourselves. This can help us keep ourselves, friends and family safe from cultic influence.

Vulnerability and Recruitment:

When it comes to cults, there is a very sad truth. No one joins a cult willingly. No one willingly chooses to give up their freedom and replace their lives with a superior leader that controls them.

Instead people are recruited into cults.

Now I understand if you’re a bit confused by the distinction (I know I was at first). But the difference between willingly joining and being recruited by a cult is there’s a lack of informed consent.

Another way to illustrate my point would be to imagine yourself wanting to join a cooking club. You love cooking, you love making friends and this cooking club doesn’t try to influence you or control you. Then it’s likely you’ll willingly want to join it.

However, if this cooking club tries to influence you, use manipulation tactics

Reviews for Cult Psychology

[Grey Allison · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Poorly written and tone deaf to the gravity of the topic. Big yikes.