FABBS Science Café at the Spy Museum
(co-sponsored by the International Spy Museum and the American Psychological Association)

Propaganda and Persuasion: Psychology’s Use in Intelligence
Featuring psychologist Robert Cialdini
Wednesday, August 2, 6:30 pm
The International Spy Museum
800 F St., NW, Washington, DC

Reservations
Tickets are $12 each.  Seats are limited and tickets must be purchased ahead of time.  To purchase your ticket, please click here.  Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, or in person at the International Spy Museum.  For more information please contact us at info@fabbs.org.  We look forward to seeing you at our very first FABBS Science Café!

Getting to the Spy Museum
The closest Metro station is the Gallery Place/Chinatown stop, served by the RED, YELLOW and GREEN lines. Also nearby is the Metro Center station, served by the ORANGE, BLUE, and RED lines.

Was JFK killed by the CIA? Did AIDS originate in a lab in Maryland? You may have been persuaded that these rumors were true. Ever since Aristotle developed the first scientific perspective on persuasion, people have sought to understand how to most effectively influence the opinions, beliefs, and behaviors of others. Soviet intelligence is notorious for their program of “active measures”—an array of covert and overt operations including propaganda—used to influence another countries policies and actions. In this enlightening discussion, Dr. Robert B. Cialdini, a psychologist at Arizona State University, will present an overview of the psychological research on communication, persuasion, propaganda, and social influence including information on how to effectively sway the opinions of others; and Dr. Thomas Boghardt, historian at the International Spy Museum, will overview some of the most fascinating and successful uses of propaganda and active measures in modern history. He will also discuss some recent events which may seem suspicious to the “unpersuaded.”