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Brainwashing During The Korean War
Melissa Gonzalez
August 9, 2010 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm / Introduction to Psychology
Ms. Sharnell Stocks
Brainwashing

Before 1950, the term brainwashing didn’t exist in America; this is something new in the English language. And since it is a fairly new term, one may ask what the term brainwashing is? Where does it come from, or how is it applied? Following I will explain the different definitions of brainwashing, its origins and how Americans were brainwashed during the Korean War.
Brain washing is described as an intensive, forcible indoctrination, usually political or religious, aimed at destroying a person's basic convictions and attitudes and replacing them with an alternative set of fixed beliefs. It is also known
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