Cult Psychologist to Review My Thesis?
Hi everyone! I'm currently an undergraduate psychology major in my senior year. I'm working on my honors thesis on cult psychology that I'm presenting on in the next couple weeks. However, my advisor for the project is a comms professor, so while he can look at the effectiveness of my argument, he isn't able to help with checking the legitimacy of it. Is there anywhere I could find a cult psychologist to look at my general argument? I've tried essentially doing cold calls by emailing, but so far haven't had much luck. Thanks!
My thesis specifically is (excerpt from my introduction): This thesis argues that high-control groups do more than shape beliefs and behavior from the outside; they also restructure metacognitive processes so that members begin automatically monitoring, evaluating, and correcting their own thoughts according to internalized group standards, thereby becoming active participants in their own indoctrination process. Drawing on cult theory, panopticism, and metacognitive psychology, I propose a Cognitive Panopticon Model in which external authority becomes internalized self-surveillance in high-control groups. In digital environments, this process is intensified by algorithmic repetition, parasocial authority, ambient visibility, and persistent feedback. This thesis therefore asks: how do high-control groups reshape metacognitive processes so that control becomes internalized and self-administered, and how are these processes facilitated in digital environments?