26 Psychology Tricks

#1. Kind of a cruel one here: bet a friend/family member that they can’t taste the difference between whole/2%/1%/skim milk, or some combination thereof. Blindfold them and have them begin tasting the milks. Now, replace the last milk with orange juice. The brain prepares the body for milk, and the unexpected acidity usually causes a gag reflex, and sometimes vomiting. Keep a bucket handy.

#2. Make someone feel insecure by looking at their hairline while they speak.

#3. If you want to get get rid of an object, for example walking with a friend after you bought a 2l coke bottle and want him to carry it, just keep talking to him while handing him the bottle, most of the times people will just take the object automatically without thinking

#4. If you want people to like you more, ask them to do favours for you. People think that doing nice things for others will make them like them more, but actually, when you as someone to do a favour for you, their subconscious thinks “I’m doing something for this person, so I must like and care about them.”

#5. When playing rock paper scissors; right before you are about to count (or interrupt the count) catch the person off-guard with a personal question, or something directed at them. Then immediately after just resume the count like nothing happened. Most of the time the person will throw scissors as a sort of automatic defensive mechanism.

#6. Ask people this: What’s 1+1? What’s 2+2? What’s 4+4? What’s 8+8? Name a vegetable. For some reason, they almost always say carrot.

#7. How to convince someone you’re a mind reader: Ask them to hold up their hand and to think of one of their fingers without telling you which one. Then very gently push against each finger, one by one, with your own finger. When you get to the finger they have chosen, they will unconscious put up a tiny resistance, or counter-pressure, to your finger. To make it more convincing, throw in some meaningless gesture before telling them the answer, such as holding their palm to your forehead—this to deflect from your actual method of determination. Works every time and people are always amazed!

#8. When you’re in a group and someone tells a joke, and everyone laughs, the first person you look at while laughing is normally the person you’re closest to.

#9. For sports related things- if someone is really on their game and you want to mess them up, ask them “Wow, you are really good at blah what are you doing to affect it?” or something to that point. They will from then on overthink and most of the time start to fail more often.

#10. If somebody’s trying to count something and you want to mess them up because you’re a jerk (Like me), don’t say random numbers, say numbers in an order because the brain latches onto patterns.

#11. Sing the chorus or popular part of a song, then immediately say something to get their mind off that song for a moment. Sit back and wait, it’ll get stuck in their head.

#12. Ask someone to trace an uppercase E on their forehead with their finger. If they draw it so you can read it, they’re doing what’s best for you and are therefore empathetic. If they draw it facing themself, they are only thinking of theirself and aren’t empathetic.

#13. When in a group act bored and disinterested when the speaker is not using their hands. Act interested if the speaker uses hand motions. Within a month or less you can get people to wave their hand quite emphatically and erratically when they speak to you. This works incredibly fast if you can enlist a friend or two to help you.

#14. Ever wish you could clear the Grand Terminal? In crowded areas, look in the directions you intend to go and watch the walkway open up. In busy areas and crowded streets, people tend to look at people's eyes and go the opposite way.

#15. To have a little fun with words, when having a conversation, pick a word they say each time, smile, nod or give some positive affirmation, and watch them say that word all the time.

#16. Ever get the feeling that someone's watching you, but you're not sure? Try yawning and then glancing at your stalker. If they yawn, you'll then know that they been watching you since yawning is contagious.

#17. Tell people to put their hands together with their pointer fingers sticking up but not touching. Then, rotate your pointer finger around their pointer fingers sticking up like you're tying them up with an invisible thread. Their fingers magically move inward.

#18. People always have the clearest memory of first and last thing that happens, while the middle becomes a vague blur. So if you’re setting the time for an interview, try and be the first or last through the door.

#19. People’s feet are often an insight into what they’re thinking. For example, if you approach two people talking and they turn their torso to you but not their feet, they’d prefer you left them alone. Similarly if you’re talking to someone and their feet are pointing away from you, they want to escape.

#20. Like all therapists worth their fee, remember to use the power of silence. If someone gives you an unsatisfactory answer to a question, stay quiet and keep eye contact and they’ll usually feel pressured to keep talking and reveal more.

#21. If you know someone is going to have a go at you in a meeting, deliberately sit right next to them. The proximity will make them feel less comfortable with being aggressive, and you'll have an easier time of it.

#22. Difficult though it is, if you can get into the habit of not only remembering someone’s name when you first meet them, but using their name in the subsequent conversation you have, they’ll find you terribly charming and wonderful.

#23. A date that involves adrenalin – roller coasters, horror films, getting mugged (OK maybe not that one) – will help simulate arousal in the brain, and make people think they’re enjoying your company. Which hopefully they will be anyway.

#24. Ask for way more than you want at first then scale it back later. This trick is sometimes known as the door in the face approach. You start by throwing a really ridiculous request at someone—a request they will most likely reject. You then come back shortly thereafter and ask for something much less ridiculous—the thing you actually wanted in the first place. This trick may also sound counter-intuitive, but the idea behind it is that the person will feel bad for refusing your first request, even though it was unreasonable, so when you ask for something reasonable they will feel obliged to help out this time. Scientists tested this principle and found that it worked extremely well as long as the same person asked for both the bigger and smaller favor, because the person feels obliged to help you the second time and not anyone else.

#25. Carnegie also pointed out in his famous book that telling someone they are wrong is usually unnecessary and does the opposite of endearing them to you. There is actually a way to show disagreement and turn it into a polite conversation without telling someone they are wrong, which strikes to the core of their ego. This is called the Ransberger Pivot, invented by Ray Ransberger and Marshall Fritz. The idea behind it is pretty simple: instead of arguing, listen to what they have to say, and then seek to understand how they feel and why. Then you explain the common ground that you share with them, and use that as a starting point to explain your position. This makes them much more likely to listen to what you have to say, and allows you to correct them without them losing face.

#26. The next time you’re trying to impress a hiring manager or the object of your affection, try subtly mimicking the way they’re sitting and speaking — they’ll probably like you more.
Scientists call it the “chameleon effect”: We tend to like conversation partners that mimic our postures, mannerisms, and facial expressions.



Post your own tricks to keep this thread at the top!!!

 

I so wish I could try these...

 

Why not? xD
I tried #5, #6, #7, #11, and #12

 

hmmmmm Think I'll try #13, see if it actually works

 

Look forwards to seeing you within 1-2 months for the results.

 

+3 more tricks :D

 

I am so trying this to my little brother XD

 

Same xD

 

i always use the yawning one and the laughing one :P

 

Funniest ones in my opinion. :P

 

*Tries number 12 *
* Completely destroy ''friendship'' *

 

You have friends?!?!? Just kidding. :P (Plz no report)

 

report! >.<
Aww, jk.
#15 is kind of interesting...

 

No I don't have friend , at least not in real life .

 

No report senpai >->

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Seriously?

 

Yea...

 

<3 10 likes, thanks guys >->

 

Dunno if this one coints, but here goes nothing

#??: Tell people to put their hands together with their pointer fingers sticking up but not touching. Then, rotate your pointer finger around their pointer fingers sticking up like you're tying them up with an invisible thread. Their fingers magically move inward.

 

Thanks!

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