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5 Amazing Psychology Tricks You Can Use to Influence People

Psychology tricks have been used since the dawn of the human race. In the olden days, people used them in the form of dark arts for exercising control over their enemies. But here in making the list, I have not tried to include those tricks that might be harmful to the psychological wellbeing of the people on which they might be used. The history of these amazing psychology tricks asserts that some of these have been effective on some people while at the same time ineffective on others. Most of these are also known as “Techniques of Compliance”. So the degree to which other people might be influenced by them varies. Moreover, all of these tricks have been

designed to influence other people in a more positive way and to make them think positively about you. In summary, all of these tricks and maneuvers can help you in impressing others and in making friends. Here are the 5 amazing psychology tricks you can use to influence people:

5. Ask for a Personal Favor

Also known by the name of “The Benjamin Franklin Effect”, this trick might come in handy in making even your worst enemy your friend. It involves going to the person, asking him for a favor and afterwards thanking him in a great way for what he or she has done for you. In order to test the validity of this theory, research was conducted in which the participants were asked for a favor by a researcher, and they then rated the researcher in a more positive manner later on.

4. Flattery

Flattery is one of the most effective self-promotion strategies and even a number of social scientists agree with that. It does have the power to take you to the top at your workplace or a in a relationship as well. But here it is best if you make it appear more like sincerity, otherwise it may come to cause a great deal of harm to you. So, if you plan to flatter someone who has high self-esteem, try to make it look sincere so as to get a positive response from him or her.

3. Mirror Tracing

In simple words, trying to do mimicry or copying their behavior as much as possible. Now here it does not mean that you copy and make

fun of them, it means copying their habits and behavioral features.  People with this rare quality are able to fit into all situations and circumstances, thus giving more chances to other people for evaluating them positively. In adapting to different times, they might also copy the styles, manners and even the way of walking only to fit in the group or class. The research that had been carried out about this showed that the people who had been mimicked came to evaluate the person who mimicked them more favorably.

2. Improvise when someone is tired

This means that you should ask a favor when you find that the targeted person is feeling tired. It is all because in such a physiological and psychological condition, people get more susceptible to the requests made by other people. For example, if you asked them for some favor or help in a matter, then would say that they will do it the next day but not right now. So when the next day comes, there are really high chances that they would come to help you, all because of the fact people do want to keep their word, especially the ones who are highly conscientious.

1. Low Balling

This technique is more often used by salesmen and bank representatives. It all begins by asking for a small request and then when the person agrees for it, they go on increasing the size of the request or make a larger request. In simple, you might begin with asking a person to help you out in studies and then you might request him or her to help you in renovating your room and so on and on. Now like I mentioned in the start, there is not a 100 % guarantee that these tricks might work at all time, so be prepared for this.

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