The Stockholm Syndrome. This reversal is sometimes called the Stockholm Syndrome. It is named after a kidnapping occurred in Stockholm, Sweden. A young woman who was taken captive, and beaten and starved, to everyone’s surprise suddenly began to side with her captors against the police. What happens is that to relieve the stress, the victim starts to believe that the operator is his or her friend, instead of an enemy. This, of course, is not true. But it is a way of coping with the stress and pain that the operator inflicts on the victim. In most cases, this step or alteration of consciousness is totally unconscious, meaning the victim does not realize that the switch or change has taken place. In fact, if he or she does realize it, brainwashing will often be less successful. Once the alteration known as the Stockholm Syndrome has taken place, the operator moves on to imprint new ideas in the head of the victim, who is now more “cooperative”. The operator then uses operant conditioning methods to implant new ideas or new behaviors in the victim. Operant conditioning is a blend of fear, shock, punishments and rewards that are timed and intertwined in certain ways to upset, further unground, and alter the mind of the victim, and at the same time to hide the real process so the victims remains unaware. Basically, the operator inflicts pain or suffering when the victim opposes or rejects the new ideas, while rewarding the victim when new behavior or ideas are accepted. In other words, a series of rewards and punishments are timed properly to reward some behavior and discourage other behaviors. There is much more to operant conditioning, in which the operator can associate or pair certain rewards and punishment with certain behaviors in more complex ways, but this is the general strategy. Effective, brainwashing always involves lots of testing and often ways to reinforce the brainwashing or hypnosis. The operator must continually check to see if the new ideas are taking hold. Testing in school, for example, may achieve this goal. It is not just the facts that need to be tested, but also the willingness of the victim to participate and accept the testing process. Obviously, if the victim is not learning well, or not accepting the process of brain washing too well, then the tactics must be altered to correct the problem. Deepening the brainwashing is done by repeating the punishment and reward sequences whenever the operator thinks it is helpful.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:34:04 +0000
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