“Unlock Hidden Powers: 27 Psychological Tricks That Will Change Your Life—Are You Ready to Discover Them?”

"Unlock Hidden Powers: 27 Psychological Tricks That Will Change Your Life—Are You Ready to Discover Them?"

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Close-up of a person's eyes, highlighting psychological tricks related to gaze and perception. The Flinch. Whether you’re negotiating a raise, the sale price of a car you want to buy, who does what chores around the house, always flinch visibly at the first and sometimes second offers. The Flinch can be as simple as a small wince, a sigh, or an eyeroll. The Flinch quite often causes people to lowball the initial offer. I learned this from my was-husband and it freaking works. Got my current job at 10% over the max salary because I flinched.

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Woman with blonde hair, neutral expression, in a softly lit room, illustrating the effect of psychological tricks. I had a very strange encounter with a co-worker once. We were on a break, had chatted a bit, the usual mundane, “are you married, etc, do you have kids” and when I said no, she waited, staring at me, for me to continue. Boy did that ever work, the longer she stared the more I babbled, I couldn’t stop talking. I’d finish a sentence, she kept staring and I’d start talking again and not because she was politely listening. She was compelling me to talk. I have no idea why she did that, if it was just her way or if she does that to learn things about people but it was the creepiest conversation I have ever had. I’m older now so that wouldn’t work on me but it sure was effective at the time.

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Person using a smartphone shopping list in a grocery store, demonstrating a psychological trick for efficient shopping. The Primacy Effect (you’re more likely to remember the first item on a list) and the Recency Effect (you’re more likely to remember the last item on a list).

If I’m listing groceries for my husband, I make the most important items into bookends. If I’m talking to the parent of one of my students about their kid’s behaviour, I always list good, bad, good. They get the information about the bad, but what they remember about the conversation is how they felt good and saw that I care about their kid.

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