Reference no: EM133483817
Forced compliance occurs when people are induced to behave in a way that is inconsistent with their attitudes, beliefs, values, or other thoughts about an issue. For example, on February 3, 1974: Patricia Hearst, except for the wealth and power of her family, was a typical 19-year-old student at the University of California at Berkeley, when she was kidnapped by some young revolutionaries who called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA).
On April 3rd, just two months after her kidnapping, Patricia renounced her former life, her parents, and her fiancé, and she announced that she had joined the SLA. "Try to understand the changes I've gone through," she said. Much to everyone's surprise, Hearst (now "Tania") apparently meant business.
Twelve days later, her part in a bank robbery was videotaped and shown on national television. A month after that, bullets from her automatic rifle enabled two of her captors, William and Emily Harris, to escape after robbing a Los Angeles sporting goods store. The next day, all the SLA members were killed in a shootout- except the Harris' and Patty Hearst. Still, she did not turn herself in, but instead she managed, with the Harris', to elude an FBI search for 20 months.
When finally captured on September 18, 1975, Tania, the "urban guerilla," defiantly offered her clenched fist in a radical salute for all the world to see.
Do you think that Patricia Hearst "Brainwashed" Through Forced Compliance? Why or why not?