14 Psychological Tricks to Try Today

Did you ever wish that you could control people with your mind? It’s actually pretty easy to get people to do certain things without knowing that it’s you who is making them do it. All you have to do is learn these 14 psychological tricks - you’ll be amazed at how simple it is.

1. Agreeableness 

 

When you ask someone a question, get them to agree with you by simply nodding your head. This action makes them believe that what you’re saying is true and that they should nod “yes” too since we’re social creatures.

2. Word Conditioning  

When having a conversation with someone, pick a word they say and then whenever they say that word or similar words, just smile, nod, or give them some kind of positive affirmation. Watch in amusement as they start saying that word all the time.

3. The Broccoli Trick 

Want your kids to eat their broccoli? Ask them if they want 2 pieces or 5, rather than asking if they even want it. This way, their choice isn’t whether they want or don’t want it, but rather how much of it they want. By giving them a lower and higher option, you make them feel like they got the lesser evil when they choose 2. This trick works for other things in life as well.

4. The Zeigarnik Effect 

Got a song stuck in your head? Think (or sing) the last verse of the song. Our mind tends to continue thinking about unfinished tasks, this is known as the Zeigarnik Effect. By thinking about the end of the song, you signal to your brain that the task is finished. 

 

5. How to Build Attraction 

When you first meet someone, if you’re going for a handshake you better make sure your hand is warm. A warm handshake is more inviting than a cold one. You should also subtly mimic the other person's posture and actions, as it builds trust and makes you seem like the both of you fit well together.

6. Getting Information  

Want your friend to open up? Ask him or her a question, keep eye contact and remain silent for a few seconds. They will be compelled to continue talking, albeit possibly more irritated, but talk they will. 

 

7. Rock, Paper, Scissors 

Want to be a Rock, Paper, Scissors champion? Simply ask your opponent a question before you start the game. If you ask and immediately start into the “RPS” chant, they’ll almost always go on the defense and use scissors. 

 

8. I Know What You’re Thinking 

Want to convince your kids that you’re psychic? If you catch them misbehaving, look away for a few seconds. While your back is to them, call them out on their behavior. They’ll be sure you can read their minds. 

 

9. Paternal Advice  

Want people to take you more seriously? Tell them that the advice you’re giving them was given to you by your father. People tend to trust fatherly advice inherently.

10. Confrontation 

If you think someone is going to confront you in a meeting, sit right next to them. It is an awkward thing to talk ill of someone or to be aggressive towards them when they’re up close. No one wants to sit next to someone they just bad-mouthed – take advantage of it. 

 

11. To Catch a Stalker  

Are you worried someone’s stalking you? Pretend to yawn while glancing at the potential stalker. Since yawning is contagious, they should yawn as well, and you will know that they were watching you. 

 

12. Selling a Dollar at a Premium 

Get a group of friends together and hold up a $1 bill for auction. Tell them that whoever makes the highest bid will win the bill, but anyone who makes the second-highest bid will have to honor their bid. Now, sit back and watch as the bid goes from a couple of cents to as much as $5. Your friends will quickly forget the value of the dollar, as long as they “don’t lose”. When the bid gets close to a dollar, the second highest bidder will overbid on the bill, thinking it’s better to lose 10 cents, rather than 99. 

 

13. Find Your Way Through a Crowd  

Got a whole bunch of people blocking your way? Simply look in the direction in which you intend to walk and watch as a path is formed. In busy areas, people watch other people’s eyes to see where they’re going and move away from that path. 

 

14. The Talk and Pile 

If you want your friend to carry something, for example, if you just purchased books at the store and want your friend to carry them for you, just keep talking as you hand them the bag. Most people will automatically take a bag without thinking about it. Some people, however, will become confused, and only a very rare few will call you out on it. 

 

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These Personality Traits Could Put You At Risk for Social Media Addiction

Whether it's scrolling through Instagram or constantly refreshing your Facebook feed, social media can eat up hours of your day. But if you find it particularly hard to stay away from social media, your personality may be partly to blame.

According to a new study, people with certain personality traits are more likely to develop a social media addiction.

"There has been plenty of research on how the interaction of certain personality traits affects addiction to things like alcohol and drugs," an assistant professor of information systems said in a statement. But relatively few studies have looked at how personality traits may affect tech addiction, including addiction to social media, the researchers said. 

In the new study, the researchers surveyed about 300 college students to assess their personality and gauge their level of addiction to the social media site each individual used most frequently. (Questions to measure social media addiction included: "I sometimes neglect important things because of my interest in this social networking website"; "When I am not using this social networking website, I often feel agitated"; and "I have made unsuccessful attempts to reduce the time I interact with this social networking website.")

The study found that three personality traits in particular —neuroticism, conscientiousness and agreeableness — were related to social media addiction. Two other personality traits, extraversion and openness to experience, weren't linked with social media addiction.

Specifically, the researchers found that people with high levels of neuroticism, or the tendency to experience negative emotions such as stress and anxiety, were more likely to develop addiction to social media, compared with people who had low levels of neuroticism.

In contrast, people with high levels of conscientiousness, or the tendency to have impulse control and a strong drive to achieve specific goals, were less likely to develop addiction to social media.

However, the researchers noted that even people with high conscientiousness could be prone to social media addiction if they were also high in neuroticism. This may be because high levels of stress and anxiousness could override a person's perceived control over their social media use, the researchers said.

In addition, the trait of agreeableness — or the degree to which someone is friendly, empathetic and helpful — by itself had no effect on social media addiction. But this was not true when the researchers looked at agreeableness in combination with conscientiousness.

They found that people with low levels of both agreeableness and conscientiousness were more likely to develop social media addiction than people with average levels of these personality traits. But surprisingly, people with high levels of both of these personality traits were also more likely to develop social network addiction, compared to people with average levels of the two traits.

It's possible that people who have high levels of both agreeableness and conscientiousness make a conscious decision to use social networks more, in order to help their friendships flourish, the researchers said.

It's important to note that because the study involved a few hundred college students at a single university, more research is needed to confirm the findings, the researchers said. But they added that the findings could have implications for those who treat tech addictions.

"Our findings explain that users with higher levels of IT addictions may not be considered as one homogeneous group of users, as different personality traits can play different roles in users' dispositions toward IT addiction," the researchers wrote in their paper, which was presented in a conference recently.

A researcher added that he hopes the findings will encourage people to look at the "whole picture" of how personality traits affect tech addiction, "rather than just focusing on one personality trait" at a time.

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