26 Psychology Tricks

TrashcanMan · Oct 30, 2015

FrostedSunrise said: ↑

#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.
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There's also the "foot in the door" technique where you start off with reasonable requests and work your way up. The person feels okay with the small stuff and doesn't notice the increasing demand as much.

Vanward · Oct 30, 2015

TrashcanMan said: ↑

There's also the "foot in the door" technique where you start off with reasonable requests and work your way up. The person feels okay with the small stuff and doesn't notice the increasing demand as much.
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I saw that one, I just didn't put it in.

Vanward · Nov 5, 2015

No more ideas...hmm.

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26 Psychology Tricks

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