Here
is the one the interesting part of the psychology which is totally different from other branches in Psychology and it is known as reverse
Psychology
What
is reverse psychology
Reverse psychology is the way you can use to motivate
someone to do something by telling him to do the exact opposite of it.
For example telling your friend “I bet you can’t arrive
before 6” might motivate him to do the opposite just to prove you wrong.
Reverse psychology is a dangerous weapon because if the
person you are dealing with realized that you were trying to manipulate him he
might not be able to trust you again. That’s why reverse psychology should only
be used on the person’s subconscious mind and not his conscious mind.
Thus in order for reverse psychology to be used properly
You must 1) make that person think that you really believe in your words and 2)
let him understand that you are not saying them to motivate him.
When
to use reverse psychology?
Lets suppose that your child got bad grades, telling him
something like “You will never get higher grades” might ruin his self
confidence, make him believe that its really impossible and create a new false
belief in his mind that affects his personality.
After all if you kept telling someone that he is bad or
dishonest you might program his mind to believe that these traits are parts of
his personality and that he can’t do any better.(see Subconscious mind
programming)
Reverse psychology must only be used when the person
knows the actions he should take in order to reach the goals that you want him
to reach. In the previous example the right thing is to motivate your child to
study instead of motivating him to get high grades simply because he can study
if he wanted but getting high grades is subject to many other factors other
than studying.
Telling him something like “I bet you can never finish
your homework tonight” is much more effective and healthier than telling him
“you will never get good grades”
How
to use reverse psychology on people
Not every person will respond to reverse psychology, for
example, those who lack self confidence might actually take your defeating
statements and make from them new limiting beliefs that makes them become even
worse.
Reverse psychology should be used with narcissists,
stubborn people, Type A personalities and those who have inflated egos.
using reverse psychology against those types of people
can help you in preserving your relationship with them and even in making them
love you. By simply telling a person that people are anticipating that you both
are going to breakup you will ignite his fighting spirit and he will do his
best to keep you.
Once you managed to challenge someone’s dormant ego
without letting him notice that you are doing it on intention you will be able
to make that person do whatever you want.
Source: http://morguefile.com/archive/display/698112
Source: http://morguefile.com/archive/display/698112
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