Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), also termed psychological operations (PSYOPs), is a term which refers to the attempts of a military to gain an advantage via affecting the psychological state of others. The term is often used "to denote any action which is practiced mainly by psychological methods with the aim of evoking a planned psychological reaction in other people".
Various techniques are used, and are aimed at influencing a target audience's value system, belief system, emotions, motives, reasoning, or behavior. It is used to induce confessions or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator's objectives, and are sometimes combined with…

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