Brainwashing works more by changing a prisoner's emotional attitudes rather by ideological disputation," Edgar H. Schein, professor at MIT, declared last "It consists essentially of breaking down the subject's identity with his pre- society and then influencing him to himself with a new system."

before an informal group at International Student Center, Schein, has studied the subject extensively government grant, described the of the Chinese Comunists in .

began by separating the prison- into rank groups and putting of inferior rank in charge of the This was designed to break up military organization among the

prisoners were then subjected to interrogation, often by American educated Chinese. If the prisoner re- to cooperate the interrogator would that he already had the he needed.

really difficult cases, the prisoner to a "thought reform" school. he was completely isolated from Americans, being housed instead a group of Chinese criminals who usually "more reformed" than he.

Chinese prisoners had the responsible of bringing the prisoner around to Communist attitudes. Since these were prisoners like himself, they establish an "older brother" relationship with the prisoner.

this the most effective means of Schein compared its to those of gangs and friendship