Cults

jenniferfrigo

What aspects of social psychology discussed in your textbook might help explain why someone might become attracted to a harmful cult or terrorist group?
After watching the video, pretend you have been given a job with the United Nations and you have been asked to work on addressing the conditions conducive to the rise of harmful cults and spread of terrorism. Given what you now know about the relevant social psychological mechanisms at play, what might be some of the steps you would want to take?