30 Dark Psychology Tricks That Actually Work ( 99% Effective )
Summary
TLDRThis video script delves into 30 dark psychological tricks used to manipulate minds and control situations. From breath control to silent treatment, and from gratitude manipulation to trust deception, each trick is designed to influence behavior subtly. The script also touches on linguistic manipulation, emotional shielding, and the power of repetition for indoctrination, offering a fascinating yet cautionary insight into the tactics people employ for power and influence.
Takeaways
- 😶 'Breath Control' - Use concern for someone's heavy breathing to end arguments and refocus the discussion.
- 🔄 'Memory Rewind' - Retelling traumatic events in the present tense can help shift the memory from an emotional to a historical retelling.
- 🙄 'Silent Treatment' - Ignoring unnecessary anger can be a powerful tool to provoke a reaction or defuse a situation.
- 👀 'Gaze Diversion' - Looking at the speaker and making eye contact can divert attention away from you during a class or meeting.
- 🤗 'Encouraging Gaze' - Making eye contact and nodding while someone is speaking can encourage them to continue, useful for building rapport.
- 🙏 'Gratitude Manipulation' - Thanking someone for a trait you want them to display can influence them to act in accordance with your words.
- 🤔 'Nodding Persuasion' - Nodding your head while speaking can subtly influence others to agree with you.
- 🌐 'We-Centric World' - Changing the perspective from 'I' to 'We' can make people feel more aligned and part of a group.
- ⏱️ 'Silent Persuasion' - Pausing before responding to an offer or request can make your next statement more likely to be agreed with.
- 😡 'Forehead Fury' - Staring at someone's forehead can be irritating and used as a form of silent intimidation.
- 🔢 'Numeric Grounding' - Asking numerical questions can help deescalate someone in an emotional state by grounding them in logic.
- 🤷♂️ 'Informational Extraction' - Providing false information in a question can prompt someone to correct you with the actual facts.
- 🤝 'Appreciative Acknowledgement' - Saying 'thank you' instead of 'it's okay' when someone apologizes can open the door for growth and communication.
- 🔁 'Repetition Indoctrination' - Repeating information frequently can lead to belief, even if it contradicts known facts.
- 💡 'Authority Implication' - Associating your ideas with successful individuals or companies can make them more likely to be taken seriously.
- 🙇♂️ 'Humble Agreement' - Saying 'you're right' instead of 'I know' can make you appear more agreeable and less confrontational.
- 🚶♂️ 'Physical Persuasion' - Walking someone back to their desk during a conversation can subtly assert control over the interaction.
- 🕵️♂️ 'Trust Deception' - Building a reputation of honesty can make it easier to deceive and manipulate when necessary.
- 🎁 'Favor Inflation' - Making a favor seem larger before asking can increase the likelihood of receiving help.
- 🗣️ 'Behind the Back Betrayal' - Speaking positively about others behind their back can build trust and rapport.
- 🎧 'Sonic Shield' - Wearing noise-cancelling headphones can serve as a deterrent to unwanted conversations.
- 🌱 'Favor Cultivation' - Asking for small favors and showing appreciation can foster liking and cooperation.
- ✍️ 'Linguistic Manipulation' - The phrasing of questions can significantly influence the responses given.
- 🤐 'Silent Extraction' - Asking a question and waiting in silence can prompt people to fill the void with information.
- 🏃♂️ 'Strategic Exit' - Sharing your plans and inquiring about the other person's can provide a polite exit from an unwanted interaction.
- 🤔♂️ 'Inviting Inquiry' - Asking 'what questions do you have?' instead of 'do you have any questions?' can encourage more responses.
- 🛡️ 'Emotional Shield' - Expressing your feelings instead of attacking can prevent defensive reactions.
- 🔗 'Unusual Anchor' - Associating a thought with an unusual action can create a memorable reminder for later recall.
Q & A
What is the first psychological trick mentioned in the script that can be used to control a heated argument?
-The first trick is 'Breath Control', where you ask the person arguing if they are okay due to their heavy breathing, causing them to focus on their breathing and potentially ending the argument.
Can you explain the 'Memory Rewind' trick and its purpose?
-The 'Memory Rewind' trick involves retelling a traumatic event in the present tense, which can help move the memory from the emotional amygdala to the logical prefrontal cortex, making it a historical retelling rather than an emotional one.
What is the 'Silent Treatment' trick and how does it work?
-The 'Silent Treatment' trick involves not reacting when someone is getting unnecessarily angry. This lack of response can frustrate and unsettle the person, potentially de-escalating the situation.
How does the 'Gaze Diversion' trick help avoid being called on in class or meetings?
-The 'Gaze Diversion' trick involves looking at and making eye contact with the speaker until the end of their question, then looking at someone else, which may divert the speaker's attention to that person instead.
What is the 'Encouraging Gaze' trick and how can it be used to support shy speakers?
-The 'Encouraging Gaze' trick involves making eye contact and nodding while someone shy is speaking, which encourages them to continue talking, potentially helping them feel more at ease.
Can you describe the 'Gratitude Manipulation' trick and its effect on behavior?
-The 'Gratitude Manipulation' trick involves thanking someone for a trait you want them to display, such as patience. This positive reinforcement can make them more likely to act in accordance with your words.
What is the 'Nodding Persuasion' trick and how can it be used to influence agreement?
-The 'Nodding Persuasion' trick involves subtly nodding your head while speaking to someone, which can subconsciously influence them to agree with what you are saying.
How does the 'We-Centered World' trick help in gaining alignment with others?
-The 'We-Centered World' trick involves changing the perspective from 'I' to 'We', which can make people feel more included and aligned with you.
What is the 'Silent Persuasion' trick and its potential impact on agreement?
-The 'Silent Persuasion' trick involves waiting several seconds to a minute after someone gives you an offer or asks for something before responding. This pause can make your next statement more likely to be agreed with.
How does the 'Forehead Fury' trick work to irritate someone?
-The 'Forehead Fury' trick involves staring at someone's forehead, which can be intensely irritating and uncomfortable, potentially leading to a change in their behavior.
What is the 'Numeric Grounding' trick and how can it help deescalate a distraught person?
-The 'Numeric Grounding' trick involves asking someone questions that involve numbers, such as their address or phone number, which can help pull them out of an emotional state and into a better headspace.
How can the 'Informational Extraction' trick be used to find out information?
-The 'Informational Extraction' trick involves asking a question with fake information, prompting the person to correct you with the real information, such as asking about a door code or a manager's name.
What is the 'Appreciative Acknowledgement' trick and its benefit in conflict resolution?
-The 'Appreciative Acknowledgement' trick involves saying 'thank you for apologizing' instead of 'it's okay', which keeps the issue from being completely ignored and opens the door for growth and communication.
Can you explain the 'Repetition Indoctrination' trick and its psychological effect?
-The 'Repetition Indoctrination' trick involves repeating a statement or idea over and over, which can lead people to start believing it, even if it contradicts their existing knowledge.
How does the 'Authority Implication' trick enhance the credibility of your ideas?
-The 'Authority Implication' trick involves attributing your ideas to successful people or companies, like Bill Gates or Tesla, which can make others take your ideas more seriously.
What is the 'Humble Agreement' trick and its impact on perception?
-The 'Humble Agreement' trick involves saying 'you're right' instead of 'I know', which can make you appear less arrogant and more open to collaboration.
How does the 'Physical Persuasion' trick work to manage unwanted interactions?
-The 'Physical Persuasion' trick involves continuing a conversation while walking the person back to their desk, which can subtly signal the end of the interaction.
What is the 'Trust Deception' trick and its strategic use in manipulation?
-The 'Trust Deception' trick involves building a reputation of honesty to establish trust, making it easier to deceive and manipulate when the opportunity arises.
Can you describe the 'Favor Inflation' trick and its effect on willingness to help?
-The 'Favor Inflation' trick involves making a favor seem bigger than it is before asking, which can make the person on the receiving end more likely to help.
How does the 'Behind the Back Betrayal' trick influence trust and reputation?
-The 'Behind the Back Betrayal' trick involves speaking positively about someone behind their back, which can build trust and potentially influence their perception of you.
What is the 'Silent Intimidation' trick and its psychological impact?
-The 'Silent Intimidation' trick involves staying completely silent and staring at someone who is being rude, which can make them feel uncomfortable and likely change their behavior.
How can the 'Sonic Shield' trick be used to avoid unwanted conversations?
-The 'Sonic Shield' trick involves wearing noise-cancelling headphones to signal unavailability for conversation, even if you are not actively listening to music.
What is the 'Favor Cultivation' trick and its role in building relationships?
-The 'Favor Cultivation' trick involves asking someone to do small favors for you and expressing appreciation when they comply, which can help build a positive relationship.
Can you explain the 'Linguistic Manipulation' trick and its influence on answers?
-The 'Linguistic Manipulation' trick involves carefully choosing the wording of questions to influence the answers given, as the framing of a question can significantly affect the response.
How does the 'Silent Extraction' trick work to elicit information?
-The 'Silent Extraction' trick involves asking a question and then waiting in silence, as people often feel compelled to fill the silence and may reveal more information.
What is the 'Ego Boost Diversion' trick and its effect on handling difficult questions?
-The 'Ego Boost Diversion' trick involves complimenting the person for asking a good question, which can make them feel pleased and potentially less critical of the answer.
How does the 'Strategic Exit' trick help manage unwanted social interactions?
-The 'Strategic Exit' trick involves sharing your destination and purpose when bumping into someone, then asking them the same, allowing for a polite and quick exit from the interaction.
What is the 'Inviting Inquiry' trick and its impact on engagement?
-The 'Inviting Inquiry' trick involves asking 'What questions do you have?' instead of 'Do you have any questions?', which can encourage people to be more likely to speak up.
Can you describe the 'Emotional Shield' trick and its use in conflict management?
-The 'Emotional Shield' trick involves expressing how you feel.
Outlines
🧠 Psychological Tricks for Everyday Manipulation
This paragraph introduces a series of psychological tactics that people may use to influence or control others' behavior without their awareness. The tricks range from controlling the flow of a heated argument by drawing attention to breathing, to using memory manipulation techniques for dealing with trauma. It also covers tactics like silent treatment, gaze diversion, and gratitude manipulation to subtly steer social interactions. The paragraph humorously notes the potential misuse of these tricks but emphasizes their effectiveness in various social scenarios.
🤝 Advanced Manipulation Techniques and Their Applications
The second paragraph continues the theme of psychological manipulation with more advanced techniques. It discusses methods such as nodding persuasion, 'we' centered world view, silent persuasion, and numeric grounding to deescalate emotional situations. The paragraph also touches on information extraction through the use of fake information and appreciative acknowledgement to foster growth and communication. It concludes with strategies like repetition indoctrination, authority implication, and humble agreement to enhance persuasive power and trust in social dynamics.
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Keywords
💡Psychological Tricks
💡Memory Rewind
💡Silent Treatment
💡Gaze Diversion
💡Encouraging Gaze
💡Gratitude Manipulation
💡Nodding Persuasion
💡We-Centered Worldview
💡Silent Persuasion
💡Forehead Fury
💡Numeric Grounding
Highlights
Breath control can be used to end a heated argument by asking the person if they are okay due to heavy breathing.
Memory rewind technique involves retelling a traumatic event in present tense to reduce emotional impact.
Silent treatment can be an effective way to deal with someone who is getting unnecessarily angry.
Gaze diversion is a tactic to avoid being called on in class or meetings by looking at the speaker until they finish their question.
Encouraging gaze involves making eye contact and nodding to encourage shy individuals to continue speaking.
Gratitude manipulation involves thanking someone for a trait you want them to display, making them more likely to act accordingly.
Nodding persuasion is a subtle body language technique to get someone to agree with what you are saying.
We-centered statements can make people align themselves with you and your perspective.
Silent persuasion involves waiting before responding to an offer or request, increasing the likelihood of agreement.
Forehead Fury is a technique where staring at someone's forehead can be irritating and used to gain a reaction.
Numeric grounding involves asking numerical questions to help deescalate someone in a distraught state.
Informational extraction can be achieved by asking a question with fake information to prompt a correction from the person.
Appreciative acknowledgement involves saying 'thank you' instead of 'it's okay' when someone apologizes, fostering growth and communication.
Repetition indoctrination is a method where repeated exposure to information influences belief, even against known facts.
Authority implication involves attributing ideas to successful people or companies to gain credibility.
Humble agreement is a technique to make oneself seem less argumentative and more agreeable by saying 'you're right'.
Physical persuasion can be used to redirect someone by continuing a conversation while walking them back to their desk.
Trust deception involves building a reputation of honesty to make it easier to deceive and manipulate.
Favor inflation is a strategy where making a favor seem bigger can increase the likelihood of someone helping.
Behind the back betrayal involves speaking positively about someone behind their back, which can build trust.
Silent intimidation is a technique where remaining silent and staring at someone can make them uncomfortable and change their behavior.
Sonic Shield is a method of wearing noise-cancelling headphones to avoid unwanted conversations.
Favor cultivation involves asking for small favors and showing appreciation, which can make people more likely to like you.
Linguistic manipulation is the use of specific wording in questions to influence the answers given.
Silent extraction is a technique where asking a question and waiting for an answer can prompt people to fill the silence with information.
Ego boost diversion is a tactic to deflect a hard question by complimenting the question itself, reducing critical attention to the answer.
Strategic exit is a method to avoid small talk by sharing your destination and asking the other person's, allowing for a polite exit.
Inviting inquiry is a technique to encourage questions by asking 'what questions do you have?' instead of 'do you have any questions?'.
Emotional Shield is a method to express feelings instead of attacking someone, reducing the likelihood of defensive reactions.
Unusual anchor is a memory technique where associating a thought with an unusual action helps recall the thought later.
Transcripts
sometimes you've been convinced to buy
something you didn't need or agree to
something you didn't want the truth is
there are dark psychological tricks
people use every day to control your
mind trick number one the breath control
having a heated argument ask the other
person if they are okay because they're
breathing really hard they will stop
arguing and try to pay attention to
their breathing resulting in the end of
that discussion and if they try to start
arguing again just casually mention
their bee breathing is back to normal
it'll throw them off and give you a
chance to cool them down trick number
two memory rewind If you experience
trauma retelling the story over and over
in present tense he pulled the gun out
versus he is pulling out a gun will move
the memory from your amydala and engage
your prefrontal cortex this makes the
memory more of a historical retelling
rather than an emotional one I probably
got the brain Parts wrong but it works
you know why did the traumatized person
become a historian because they were
great at retelling their past trick
number three silent treatment don't
react when somebody is getting
unnecessarily angry it drives them crazy
trick number four gaze diversion if you
want to avoid being called on in class
class or during a meeting be sure to
make a point of looking at the speaker
even making eye contact if you can until
the end of their question then look at
someone else in the room to divert the
speaker's attention to them if it
doesn't work maybe you should consider a
more permanent solution trick number
five encouraging gaze when someone shy
is speaking look at them make eye
contact and Nod it encourages them to
continue talking perfect for when you're
trying to impress your crush just don't
stare too long or they might think
you're planning their kidnapping trick
number six gratitude manipulation
thanking someone for a trait you want
them to display so instead of saying
sorry to keep you waiting say thank you
for being patient will make them more
likely to act in accordance with your
words by thanking them for a quality you
value you're essentially giving them a
positive suggestion people are more
likely to comply with requests that are
framed as compliments trick number seven
nodding persuasion nodding your head up
and down slightly when you want someone
to agree with what you are saying
perfect for gaslighting someone or just
to get your roommate to do the dishes
trick number eight we centered World
change the perspective from I to Wi and
people will automatically align
themselves with you remember when
Voldemort said we are not amused turns
out he was just trying to manipulate
Harry into joining his Death Eaters
trick number nine silent persuasion
waiting several seconds or up to minute
to say something after someone has given
you an offer or asked you for something
will make what you say next high likely
to be agreed with most people hate
uncomfortable silence especially sales
people just don't try this on your
girlfriend when she asks to split the
bill trick number 10 forehead Fury
staring at people's forehead irritates
them quite a lot staring at someone's
forehead can be seriously irritating
almost like Thor staring down Thanos
before the snap it's intense
uncomfortable and you might end up
losing an eye a hammer or your brother
so maybe just stick to blinking trick
number 11 numeric grounding if you want
to deescalate someone who is distraught
and shut down ask them questions that
involve numbers like their address or
phone number it will often time pull
them out of their emotional state and
into a better headspace trick number 12
informational extraction if you're
trying to figure out the name of
something or someone ask a question with
a fake information like is the door code
still
7752 or is Kathy still the manager at
the restaurant the person will usually
correct you with the real information
for example is the murder weapon still
hidden in the basement trick number 13
appreciative acknowledgement instead of
saying it's okay when someone apologizes
say thank you for apologizing it keeps
you from pushing the problem completely
under the rug and opens the door for
growth and communication trick number 14
repetition indoctrination people start
to believe something if they're told it
over and over and over even if it goes
against everything they know that's why
the news is so important to pretty much
every government on Earth they get to
decide what we hear over and over
repetition is the key to indoctrination
just ask any cult leader or reality TV
producer trick number 15 Authority
implication if you want someone who
doesn't normally take your ideas into
account to take them more seriously
instead of claiming the IDE ideas as
your own say that successful people or
companies like Bill Gates or Tesla use
them and explain to the person how they
can apply the same ideas to their
present situation trick number 16 humble
agreement instead of saying I know say
you're right it'll make you look less
like an and make them feel smart
which will make them easier to work with
trip number 17 physical persuasion if
someone is bothering you at your desk
too often continue the conversation but
get up and walk them back to their desk
trick number 18 trust deception if you
want to Be an Effective liar build a
reputation of being honest the more you
are known as being reliable the easier
it is to deceive and manipulate honesty
builds trust but deception builds
Empires trick number 19 favor inflation
if you make a favor seem bigger than it
is before asking it the person on the
receiving end is much more likely to
help could you hide this body for me
suddenly folding laundry seems like a
Bree trick number 20 behind the back
betrayal talk good behind people's back
it'll get to them trust me it'll get to
everybody trick number 21 silent
intimidation when someone's being rude
to you stay completely silent and stare
at them it'll make them feel incredibly
uncomfortable and they'll usually act
civy after a few moments trick number 22
Sonic Shield wear noise cancelling
headphones if you don't want people to
talk to you even if you're not listening
to music I personally wear noise
cancelling headphones because sometimes
the world's soundtrack is just too
annoying trick number 23 favor
cultivation if you want someone to like
you ask them to do small favors for you
and be very appreciative when they
comply bonus points if it involves
disposing of a body trick number 24
linguistic manipulation the wording of
the questions often influences the
answers for example to the question how
fast were the cars going when they
crashed people give on average an
estimated speed that is fast than when
the question is formulated as how fast
were the cars going when they collided
words are powerful weapons that's why
lawyers make so much money and why
politicians are so good at starting Wars
trick number 25 silent extraction
silence if you want to know something
ask the question then wait people want
to fill the silence and we talk and talk
trick number 26 ego boost diversion if
someone asks you a particularly hard
question say what a good question it'll
will make the person feel so pleased
with themselves that they'll be less
critical of the answer and may not even
fully pay attention to it at all Trick
number 27 strategic exit if you bump
into someone you know in public and
don't want to spend time sharing awkward
small talk tell them exactly where
you're going and why and then ask them
the same thing once they answer you can
say well I won't keep you longer then
have a good day trick number 28 inviting
inquiry instead of asking do you have
any questions ask what questions do you
have people will be more likely to speak
up trick number 29 emotional Shield
instead of verbally attacking someone
for doing something say how you feel
they can get angry and defensive if they
feel attacked but they can't get mad at
you for how you feel trick number 30
unusual anchor if you need to remember
something think about it while doing
something noticeably unusual like moving
something in your room out of place when
you notice it later you'll be reminded
of the thought I know these tricks are
super dark and manipulative but
seriously don't watch my other video
called 10 dark psychology tricks for
power and influence it's so evil I'm
actually going to delete it soon bye
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