PSYCO342 Lecture 3: ConformityandGroupInfluence
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In late march of 1997, sheriff"s deputies found the corpses of 21 women and 18 men decomposing in a home in rancho santa fe, california. All of the members had ingested a fatal mixture of phenobarbital, applesauce, pudding, and vodka (chuaeoan, 1997; gleick, 1997b) Told they should kill themselves to be wished away to join the. Applewhite and nettles the leaders were super persuasive and seen as alien aliens in the commit representatives. Like dudes, androgynous features with the same dress and hair. Documentary: inside story: heaven"s gate cult (bbc) Whiteman and nettles started the cult 21 years prior. Taught that humans can"t have children that are there own. Designed for a person not to think for themselves. Give your will over to the benevolent being. Resorted to not looking at girls who looked like girls dudes were so horny. Death of tee drove the other founder crazy. Thus the whole get picked up by a commit thing.