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![]() Psychological Operations are vital to successful warfare, and have been throughout human history. Armies that don't attend to the psychological battles occurring in the minds of soldiers and civilians alike, risk defeat. For example, some observers have Today's psychological attacks target the enemy directly, and are much more sophisticated than the crude (and often ineffective) threats of terror and annihilation of times past, which sometimes had the undesirable effect of galvanizing the enemy's resolve to resist. Working Psychology's An avid observer of modern I/O and PSYOP technique, Rhoads serves as adjunct faculty at the Joint Special Operations University, has served as senior mentor at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School, regularly presents at the General Staff and Command College, has presented at the Naval Post Graduate School, teaches the Advanced Influence Course for the PSYOP Officer's Training Course at Ft. Bragg, and has been recognized at NATO's JSPOC for his work and presentation of perception management themes. Given the psywarrior's role, modern PSYOP and I/O must master a number of disciplines in order to perform optimally. The psychology of influence is but one discipline that must be mastered, but is certainly a fundamental one. Working Psychology's military training curriculum concentrates on "putting the psychology in PSYOP" and I/O. The curriculum consists of:
...that are geared toward enhancing the understanding of mechanisms of influence. Presentations may span as little as two hours or as much as a week of advanced influence training. The most frequently requested presentation by the military has been Influencing Hostile Audiences. If you're interested in having Rhoads train your psywarriors, please contact Working Psychology by phone or from your military email address.
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Dr. Rhoads presenting at JSOU |
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Rhoads running a training exercise at the Advanced Influence Course |
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