PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

S.A.NAIK

WARFARES
CONVENTIONAL WARFARE NUCLEAR WARFARE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE CHEMICAL WARFARE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

TERMS RELATED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

PSYCHOLOGY: dynamic interinter-connected

relationship between a persons thoughts, feelings, body reaction and behavior and their social and cultural experiencies

 PSYCOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS: These

are defined as the nonnon-biological interventions that are instituted to treat mental disorder or to promote mental health and wellwell-being.

 FEAR: Fear is a very powerful and a primitive

human emotion. It his of two types of responses:responses: * biochemical response * emotional response

 Biological response: When a person confronts a perceived

danger, his/ her body responds in a specific way. Physical reactions to fear include sweating, increased heart rate and high adrenaline levels. This results in preparing for fight or flight. It is automatic and is crucial to a persons survival.

 Emotional response: It is highly subjective and personal. Most persons show negative reactions It could be in the form of mental paralysis
wherein the brain under the influence of fear stops thinking or reacting and may trigger irrelevant actions posing increased danger to the victim under fear. These reactions may also be violent.

 STRESS: Events and situations leading to both

biochemical and emotional responses in a human mind thus affect human psychology. There are primary stressors that set in because of personal experiences and mostly while disaster effects are active.

 The secondary stressors set in at

individual or community level and cause longlong -lasting effects. These are compounded when more number of people feel a loss simultaneously and fear gives way to anger and protest.

 STRAIN: The effects of stress feltby humans lead to:

Tension fear helplessness anxiety conflicts hopelessness suicide

COMMON BEHAVIOR PATTERN

Complacency Poor awareness
Complacency is the biggest drawback in the community particularly in the developing world. It is developed due to lack of awareness or repeated actions on the part of the victim going without facing any incident.

PILLARS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

Propaganda Rumors
Propaganda is either strategic or tactical, while rumors are spontaneous and generated among the victim and also propagated by them.

COUNTER ACTION
Collection and distribution of information Check on grapevine Educating masses on preventive,
mitigation measures and preparedness, capacity building programs for the people. Active community participation. Effective media participation.