ID: This article appears on pages 19-32 of the Cultic Studies Journal, Vol 10, No. 1, 1993. Dr. Singer is Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. Contents: * Page 21: How Is Compliance Induced? * Page 21: Vulnerability to Influence Varies * Page 22: Evaluating the Circumstances Preceding and Relating To the Signing of the Documents * Page 22: The Case of the Evil Nurse * Page 25: How the "Program" Worked * Page 26: Conditions Facilitating the Work of the Influencer * Page 26: 1. Isolation * Page 26: 2. Creating a Siege Mentality * Page 27: 3. Dependency * Page 27: 4. Sense of Powerlessness * Page 27: 5. Sense of Fear and Vulnerability * Page 28: 6. Staying Unaware * Page 29: Summary * Page 31: References