REWIND: Jay Van Bavel - Groupthink, Social Identity, and Cult Psychology

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Groups!... I did it again. Jay Van Bavel, NYU Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, Director of the Social Identity and Morality Lab, and co-author of The Power Of Us, discusses how our social identities change depending on our environment and context, how the groups we identify with affect our decisions and perception, and the importance of instilling healthy hierarchy in a group to prevent unhealthy leadership. They also discuss how emotionally charged situations can forge shared identities, how cults replace individual identities with group identities, what to do when someone has fallen prey to groupthink, and whether groups are even... good? Learn more about Jay's work here! https://www.powerofus.online Original Airdate: 01/04/2023 Check out our holiday sponsors!!! Quince: Get cozy in high-quality fall wardrobe essentials! Go to Quince.com/trust for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Shopify: Upgrade your business! Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at shopify.com/trustme Please donate to RedCross.org to help those affected by Huricanes Milton and Helene. Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being an occult or a high control group, or if you've had experience with manipulation or abuse of power that you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number at 347-868-6-trust.
0:12.1	That's 347-8-68-78.
0:16.0	Or shoot us an email at trust me pod at gmail.com.
0:20.1	Trust me. Dude.com trust me.
0:20.9	Trust me. I'm like a smart person. I've never lied to you. I never have lied to you.
0:27.3	I never have lied to. If you think that one person has all the answers. Don't. Welcome to Trust Me,
0:34.2	the podcast about cult, extreme belief and manipulation from two groupies who've actually
0:38.8	experienced it. I'm Lola Blanc. And I'm Megan Elizabeth. And today, our guest is Jay Van Bavel. He's
0:44.8	associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at NYU, where he's also the director of the
0:49.7	social identity and morality lab. And he's the co-author of an excellent book called The Power of
0:54.2	Us. He's going to talk to us about social identity and how we have many of them that can morph
0:58.5	and change depending on our circumstances, how the group we identify with can affect not just our
1:02.5	decisions, but also our perception, and how groups will inevitably form leaders. So it's important
1:07.1	to implement hierarchy in a healthy way and not just leave it to the charismatic people.
1:11.6	Indeed.
1:12.2	We'll also discuss how emotionally charged situations create shared identity and how cults systematically replace individual identities with the group identity, which then makes it even harder to penetrate their belief system.
1:25.2	Plus ways to intervene when someone has fallen prey to group think, whether groups can be good and lots more.
1:30.9	Lots more.
1:31.8	I love this conversation.
1:33.1	He's great.
1:34.0	Yeah, I'm talking for hours.
1:35.8	Before we get in with Jay, tell me, please, what your cultiest thing this week is.
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