McAz wrote:Blimey - it's not often we get psychiatrists guest posting.
Psychiatrist/Psychologists are what we need!
"Some would say this is a just, "you made your bed" policy, but that's exactly the problem -- that approach doesn't work when you're fighting a war that's more about ideas than anything else."
A war of ideas you say? ooh hearts and minds...we psyops now!
"To effectively persuade citizens to change their political allegiances, lay down their arms and the like, the military must target their vulnerabilities and susceptibilities, Rodgers notes. That's why many PSYOP messages contain an "if-then" approach. In the war with Iraq, one of the leaflets dropped illustrates a coalition plane destroying an Iraqi tank with a caption in Arabic warning: "Take an offensive posture, and you will be destroyed." Another photo showed the Iraqi tank intact and read: "Do not take an offensive posture, and you will not be destroyed."
"It's very similar to any behavioral consequence you find in psychology on any child-rearing method--such as if you don't clean up your room, there will be consequences," Rodgers says. "PSYOP is most effective when there is a perception and appreciation of the consequences."
Clean your room!