Top 10 Amazing Psychology And Mind Tricks You Should Try- The Top Ten Today

Mind tricks that can confuse and trick thinking and notions, are the best way to surprise a bunch of people. You can not only make them accept your offer but also buy your thoughts.

Pictures that look so easy can trick your mind into thinking the wrong aspect. A conversation so simple can lure you to profits of the other person. Such creative mind tricks are so easy to fall for, and so attractive to listen to.

So here we are counting upon our list of Top 10 Psychology And Mind Tricks, You Should Try. Now you may buckle up, as we're diving straight to the list.

#10. The Müller - Lyer Illusion

 

 The lines in the image below are identical in length!

#9. Simultaneous Contrast Illusion

 

The background is a color gradient and progresses from dark grey to light grey. The horizontal bar appears to progress from light grey to dark grey, but is in fact just one color.

#8. Yes Ladder

The Scientifically-Proven Method For Getting People To Say "Yes" :

It's called the Yes-Ladder - a technique you can use for getting agreement to all kinds of things, provided you know what you're doing and know how to make a semi-compelling argument.

It works in many fields - from marketing and sales to even something like dating and seduction.

The trick is to start with something you know they'll say yes to.

Then you can follow up with something that's difficult to say no to. Then you can either ask about their preferences or ask more clarifying questions to solidify a yes. 

Finally, ask the thing you really wanted to ask, and you'll most likely get a Yes to that as well.

#7. The "Why" Answer

Them: “Hi, I’m Dandy McCheerful, and I’m just calling to tell you about blah, blah, blah…”

You: “I’m not interested”

Then comes the clever bit:

Them: “Can I ask why you’re not interested?”

How is that clever? Two things about this:

• the answer to ‘why’ is amost always ‘because’
• it’s hard not to answer a ‘why’ question without seeming irrational

So you answer:

You: “Because I already have a musical waffle iron” (or whatever, just to get them off the phone)

However, this technique can be used ethically.

Try this on someone you know who is a serial objecter - the person who reflexively says “It’ll never work” each time a new idea comes up - maybe they’re the office ‘idea slayer.’

“Why do you think it won’t work?” you ask them innocently.

If they have a real objection, you’ll hear it after some vague bluster.

If not, you might just get a chance to do something new and amazing.

#6. Confirmation Bias

 

Confirmation Bias is a tendency for that makes us recall information, search for proof, interpret and favor results and remember only that which supports our beliefs!

This is probably the biggest factor in stereotypes, racism and also a huge factor in why depressed people stay depressed.

Your mind makes you aware of that which you believe preemptively, which brings us right back to the confirmation Bias.

Stereotypes are reinforced this way, as our mind only makes us aware of the signals that support our hypotheses and not of the opposite.

To put this to a little example think about who do you believe is a better driver in general, women or men?

Whatever you believe, think back to the last time you remember someone upholding that belief, when you last saw a good male/female driver or a bad male/female one, depending on your belief.

#5. Cognitive Dissonance

Cognitive dissonance is a mental stress that you experience when you encounter two opposing beliefs.

What happens is that you will subconsciously choose one belief, because you cannot believe both, and through this cognitive dissonance you will try to justify why you believe one thing over the other.

This makes your Confirmation Bias even more dangerous and supports stereotypes even more!

One of the most famous examples of this is the fable by Aesop of “The Fox and the Grapes”:

A fox spies high-hanging grapes and wishes to eat them. When unable to reach the grapes, the fox decides the fruit are not worth eating, and justified his decision, claiming to himself, that the grapes likely are sour, for being unripe.

In this example the fox wanted the grapes but couldn’t reach them, which were two opposing beliefs that created stress.

So the fox simply justified the fact that he could not reach the grapes by saying that he did not want them anyway, removing the stress off his mind.

But this same thing happens to us in our stereotypes and other beliefs!

If we use the stereotype that men are better drivers than women, should a person believing this see a man who is driving horribly they would try to justify it in any way!

#4. Plan B Is Bad

Research finds that thinking about a back up plan reduces your chances for success.

In a series of experiments participants were assigned to one of two groups. Group A was simply told to do the task and Group B was told to think beforehand about what they would do if they did not succeed at the task. 

In each experiment the results were the same—those who thought about a back up plan were less effective and scientists now suggest that making a back up plan can be harmful in your goal pursuit.

#3. Foot In Door

The basic idea is that once somebody has already granted you one wish, they are more likely to acquiesce to further requests. By combining the rule of Reciprocity with the foot-in-the-door technique, tiny gifts and a smart strategy can result in great success.

#2. Cocktail Party Effect

You can be in a crowded room and someone on the other side of the room will say your name and it will catch your attention, even if you weren't eavesdropping. 

This also means that if you are walking by someone and say their first and last name, there's like a 99% chance they will hear you (rather than saying "hi", or "mom" to get someone's attention).

#1. Placebo and Nocebo Effect

The placebo effect is when you believe something will be good, so it is. For example give someone who had a headache a sugar pill and tell them it is a very effective headache cure and they will feel better. 

The nocebo effect is the opposite of this. For example, tell someone they have been infected with a minor illness (cold, headache,ext) and they still start to feel it's symptoms.

These are scientifically proven to exist and can be very annoying in scientific tests. When testing for a new medicine, a group has to be given no treatment, but told they are being given treatment to ensure the medicine actually works.

Example:

1. Steak with fresh Bearnaise sauce, organic fried onions and home made fries $45
2. Freshwater salmon served with rice and salad $30
3. Fish and chips $15

Those fish and chips seem quite cheap now, despite the fact that $15 is a lot for fish and chips

Additionally non rounded numbers, such as 13.40 (even if they are larger), appear to make people believe that they are getting the lowest price possible.

There you have it, Top 10 Psychology and Mind Tricks that You Should Try.

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