Social and Psychological Manipulation - Dean Amory
Unlike people who are trying to influence, persuade or convince others, manipulators work with unfair means to get what they want. They do not respect the personal rights of their victims. They violate the victim's integrity, work with hidden agendas and deliberately use dishonest tricks like faulty reasoning, coercion, blackmail and lying in an attempt to control the victim's actions. Manipulation is about suiting the manipulator's advantage or purpose only, often at the expense of the victim. Yet, it is often difficult to know when you are being manipulated: manipulators do all they can to convince you that you are the one who is to benefit most from their actions and that they are acting in good faith. If we were aware that we are being manipulated, would we allow ourselves to fall victim to it - and how would we defend ourselves against it? That is where this book comes in handy: it explains the tricks manipulators use and teaches you how to best defend and
Unlike people who are trying to influence, persuade or convince others, manipulators work with unfair means to get what they want. They do not respect the personal rights of their victims. They violate the victim's integrity, work with hidden agendas and deliberately use dishonest tricks like faulty reasoning, coercion, blackmail and lying in an attempt to control the victim's actions. Manipulation is about suiting the manipulator's advantage or purpose only, often at the expense of the victim.
Yet, it is often difficult to know when you are being manipulated: manipulators do all they can to convince you that you are the one who is to benefit most from their actions and that they are acting in good faith.
If we were aware that we are being manipulated, would we allow ourselves to fall victim to it - and how would we defend ourselves against it?
That is where this book comes in handy: it explains the tricks manipulators use and teaches you how to best defend and
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8. The law of expectation<br />
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you<br />
are capable of becoming, I help you become that.<br />
—JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE<br />
Effective manipulators underst<strong>and</strong> that people normally behave according to the expectations set by<br />
others. They will use this to their advantage by unconsciously sending persuasive signals of<br />
expectation towards their Victim which are based on their psychological desires <strong>and</strong> wants. Moreover,<br />
they utilize the expectations <strong>and</strong> opinions of others (people with psychological influence over their<br />
Victim’s lives) to maneuver their Victim into a decisive frame of mind.<br />
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