HSRP-505

Steven Hassan's BITE model, a checklist of control over behavior, information, thought and emotion, helps former members name what happened to them; its validation as a measure is not yet found.

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1. Header

Number
HSRP-505
Category
Civilizational Analysis
Grade
SPECULATIVE
Status
ACTIVE
Entry form
Full
First entered
Not recorded — added to the register in supplement 027
Last revised
2026-10-13
Register entry
https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-505

2. The claim, in full

Steven Hassan's BITE model, a checklist of control over behavior, information, thought and emotion, helps former members name what happened to them; its validation as a measure is not yet found.

Cited on: /the-hive-mind, CULTS › The BITE checklist. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W2c-3.

3. What it rests on

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4. Sources

No source is linked to this observation in the register.

5. Counter-evidence

6. Why this grade

WORKING as a checklist; SPECULATIVE as a validated measure

The register defines SPECULATIVE as: A possibility beyond what the evidence currently supports; no source states it.

7. Correction history

2026-10-13
BATCH 3 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT, CULTS, THE PARTY HIVE MIND or THE RELIGIOUS HIVE MIND — wording unchanged except as listed: "It is not a measure." → "The BITE model is not a measure." (opening pronoun). The page's reference numbers were converted to SRC numbers at extraction.

8. Related observations

No related observations are linked in the register.

9. Where this appears on the site

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10. Open questions

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11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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  "grade": "SPECULATIVE",
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  "category": "CIV",
  "title": "Steven Hassan's BITE model, a checklist of control over behavior, information, thought and emotion, helps former members name what happened to them; its validation as a measure is not yet found.",
  "entry_form": "full",
  "note": "Cited on: /the-hive-mind, CULTS › The BITE checklist. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W2c-3.",
  "n": 505,
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  "supplement": "027",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "Steven Hassan, a former member of a high-demand group who became an exit counselor, sorts the techniques of control into four domains (behavior, information, thought and emotion) in what he calls the \"BITE model\" [SRC-914]. It builds on Lifton and works as a checklist that former members use to name what happened to them."
    }
  ],
  "counter_evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "The BITE model is not a measure. Its only quantitative study so far is Hassan's own doctoral dissertation [SRC-915]; independent validation has not yet been found, and it is not yet known whether it will be."
    }
  ],
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      "reason": "wording unchanged except as listed: \"It is not a measure.\" → \"The BITE model is not a measure.\" (opening pronoun). The page's reference numbers were converted to SRC numbers at extraction."
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