The final step in the conversion to a cult that creates a powerful cognitive dissonance effect involves

a. making some major public commitment.
b. isolation from noncult members.
c. drills, disciplines, and rituals.
d. techniques to wear down emotional resistance.

ANSWER: a

Psychology

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a) Constraint relaxation b) Re-encoding c) Elaboration d) Incubation

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From an Eriksonian perspective, the desire to "live on" after we have died and to help those younger than ourselves so that the effects of our time on earth will be evident when we are gone best describes the psychosocial crisis of ____

a. trust vs. mistrust b. identity vs. confusion c. generativity vs. stagnation d. integrity vs. despair

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