Psychological torture manual available online
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Posted on: September 7, 2007 7:10 AM, by Mo
The Manipulation of Human Behavior, a manual for psychological torture
techniques written by leading psychologists and psychiatrists, is now
available online.
Published by John Wiley & Sons in 1961, the 323-page book was edited by
Albert D. Biderman of the Bureau of Social Science Research and Herbert
Zimmer, an associate professor of psychology at the University of
Georgia, and funded by the U.S. government.
The editors' introduction reads:
This book represents a critical examination of some of the conjectures
about the application of scientific knowledge to the manipulation of
human behavior. The problem is explored within a particular frame of
reference: the interrogation of an unwilling subject. A number of
scientific areas have figured prominently in speculations regardirig the
application of science to the manipulation of behavior in interrogation
(69). For this work, scientists who had done research in each of these
areas were asked to review the state of relevant knowledge in their
fields, to consider whether and how it might be applied by
interrogators, and to evaluate the recourse available to highly
motivated persons for resisting the attempted influence. Their reports
constitute the body of this book.
Each of the 7 chapters is a comprehensive review of the literature
available at the time regarding a torture technique. Most of the
literature reviewed came from government-funded studies.
* 1. The Physiological State of the Interrogation Subject as it
Affects Brain Function, by Lawrence E. Hinkle, Jr. * 2. The Effects
of Reduced Environmental Stimulation on Human Behavior: A Review, by
Philip E. Kubzansky. * 3. The Use of Drugs in Interrogation, by
Louis A. Gottschalk. * 4. Physiological Responses as a Means of
Evaluating Information, by R. C. Davis. * 5. The Potential Uses of
Hypnosis in Interrogation, by Martin T. Orne. * 6. The Experimental
Investigation of Interpersonal Influence, by Robert R. Blake and Jane S.
Mouton. * 7. Countermanipulation through Malingering, by Malcolm L.
Meltzer.
Download The Manipulation of Human Behavior here
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