<p>Part of the fictional story I am currently writing takes place in a typical dictatorship country with its propaganda, cult of the leader, etc. The main character undergoes several psychological tests over couple of days and their goal is to find out how easily the character can be manipulated, how strong an individual he is and if he succumbs to mass thinking.</p>

<p>Could you advise me on any psychological tests that can prove such things?</p>

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2017-12-13T14:11:06.683Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment though mostly for manipulation/obedience rather than for propaganda.
got trolled too much this week
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2017-12-13T14:15:56.517Z
Great, I've completely forgotten about this one. If you can think of any others it will be great
skornos
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2017-12-13T23:07:15.807Z
I have also found Asch Conformity Experiment
skornos
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2017-12-14T13:01:46.347Z
@skornos can you explain why it is you would want those types of individuals i.e. people who can be manipulated easily versus people who would be effective and reliable henchmen for this regime?
faustus
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2017-12-15T21:15:20.527Z
@faustus if the character is recognized as weak-minded/easily manipulated he will serve as a henchmen for the regime, otherwise he will be eliminated.
skornos
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2017-12-17T01:40:35.827Z
@skomos but this is only relevant for people who are not ideologically driven. if people share your worldview, then it's far easier to get them to do extreme things. i would suggest that they "reverse engineer" the selection process by first finding their henchmen then identifying the traits that distinguish them from others.
faustus
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2019-09-06T13:25:22.760Z
A vulnerability test would likely be included in such a panel, similar to this one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28510509
Zenon
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"How easily can you succumb to propaganda and manipulation" test
skornos
# "How easily can you succumb to propaganda and manipulation" test

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-13)

Part of the fictional story I am currently writing takes place in a typical dictatorship country with its propaganda, cult of the leader, etc. The main character undergoes several psychological tests over couple of days and their goal is to find out how easily the character can be manipulated, how strong an individual he is and if he succumbs to mass thinking.

Could you advise me on any psychological tests that can prove such things?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment though mostly for manipulation/obedience rather than for propaganda.  
> **username_0**: Great, I've completely forgotten about this one. If you can think of any others it will be great  
> **username_0**: I have also found Asch Conformity Experiment  
> **username_2**: @username_0 can you explain why it is you would want those types of individuals i.e. people who can be manipulated easily versus people who would be effective and reliable henchmen for this regime?  
> **username_0**: @username_2 if the character is recognized as weak-minded/easily manipulated he will serve as a henchmen for the regime, otherwise he will be eliminated.  
> **username_2**: @skomos but this is only relevant for people who are not ideologically driven. if people share your worldview, then it's far easier to get them to do extreme things. i would suggest that they "reverse engineer" the selection process by first finding their henchmen then identifying the traits that distinguish them from others.  
> **username_3**: A vulnerability test would likely be included in such a panel, similar to this one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28510509  

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