Sublime

From my own perspective, most attempts to analyze the Jonestown incident have focused too much on the personal qualities of Jim Jones. Although he was without question a man of rare dynamism, the power he wielded strikes me as coming less from his remarkable personal style than from his understanding of fundamental psychological principles. His

Robert éprouvait une fascination pour le comportement humain, pour ce qui conduisait des individus à première vue normaux à semer le chaos. Il a continué à se tenir informé de l’évolution de l’affaire Manson, mais sa curiosité s’est estompée à mesure que le comportement de Manson est devenu de plus en plus bizarre.

in-group affirmative, in-group antagonistic, out-group affirmative, out-group antagonistic.

3. Face the Fear Factor

The strong tendency of employees to rationalize bad conduct in order to get rewards requires many antidotes in addition to the good cash control promoted by Patterson.

He was not hit by flying stones; each boy would catch the dog’s eye and draw his arm back—the yelp followed immediately. The threat was sufficient to secure the reaction because, somewhere in the past, that particular motion had been identified with pain and injury. Such is the role of the threat of violence. It is rooted in a past experience,

Les foules tombant, après une certaine période d'excitation, à l'état de simples automates inconscients menés par des suggestions, il semble difficile de les qualifier dans aucun cas de criminelles. Je ne conserve ce qualificatif erroné que parce qu'il a été consacré par des recherches psychologiques récentes.