Unit 5-Activity 1-Assignment 1

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Characteristics of a Good English Teacher

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ENG4U

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Module 3: Concept Map

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Cults

Leaders

there is no questioning his decisions and he is not accountable to no one part of the cult.

has complete control over his followers.

Charismatic leader: A leader who has the ability to get epople to follow him without thinking about it

Can be more than one

There is no cult without a powerful leader

Formation and structures

They "brainwash" the members so they do not leave the cult or "brainwash" them into joining the cult

Michael Langone a psychologist who specializes in cults identified some traits of a person a cult may recruit:

Naive idealism- a blind belief that everyone is good.

Gullibility- a tendency to believe what someone says.

Unassertiveness- a reluctance to day no or question authority.

Members of cults are all ages and all personality types

Definition: Cults are a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.

One specific cult: Branch Davidian Cult

Was active in a mainstream Christian church before he was thrown out for "negatively influencing" some of the church's younger members.

Was destroyed during a U.S. government siege in 1993

Leader is David Koresh

Practices

Animal Sacrifice

Keeping Secrets

Believers are told things that they are not allowed to tell others.

Sex Magic

One of the ways they generate energy