reverse psychology
Reverse psychology is pretty classic, and mothers use it a lot with children (who are more susceptible to this type of manipulation). The idea is to say exactly the opposite of what you want done, and encourage the person to do the opposite of what you say, which is actually what you always wanted them to do. It sounds complicated, but here are 3 examples that illustrate the point:
If you want the person to wash the dishes, for example, tell him that you “don’t really want him to wash the dishes, so the sink is a mess that will attract cockroaches and even mice, and he will have to cook later, because You’re not even hungry…”
Say something like, “You could never wash dishes as well as I can.”
If you want the person to eat something, say “Don’t eat that, it’s mine!”
false lie
There are basically 2 forms of false lying, and depending on your predilection or talent, you can choose which one best fits your personality:
If you make everyone believe that you lie badly, that is, that you are a terrible liar, people will believe that they will know when you are lying, and that way you can pass many lies as if they were true!
Make people believe that you lie a lot, to the point that no one believes you anymore, they will always think you are lying anyway! It works like this: someone asks if you took something, and you promptly reply: “I did, and I threw it away”. Even if it’s true, people will think you’re lying.
contagious attitudes
In general, people tend to follow the body language of others, so you can try to influence people with attitudes like the examples below:
If you look up as if you’re seeing something strange or interesting, it’s likely that someone else who is paying attention to you will do the same.
Yawning is another very contagious behavior, and if you are the focus of someone’s attention, you can be sure that someone will yawn too!
If when you are talking to someone you cross your arms and the person reciprocates and crosses them too, it means that he is really interested in your conversation.
illusion of choice
Widely used in advertising campaigns, this trick is a classic, which gives the illusion of choice when it doesn’t really exist. The person makes a choice that you determined, but is not aware of it, as in the following example:
A certain fast food chain sells 3 different sizes of soft drinks, the small one costs R$3.00, the medium R$5 and the large one R$6. If you were to choose just by price, you would buy the R$3.00 soda, but as the medium costs R$5.00 and the large is only R$1.00 more expensive, you end up buying the large because you think you are saving more! In reality, the fast food chain induced you to spend twice as much, you were thinking of spending R$3.00 but instead you spent R$6.00, and the snack bar earned twice as much as it would have if you hadn’t fallen for the trick!