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n. (context psychology English) The advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course
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Reverse psychology is a technique involving the advocacy of a belief or behavior that is opposite to the one desired, with the expectation that this approach will encourage the subject of the persuasion to do what actually is desired: the opposite of what is suggested. This technique relies on the psychological phenomenon of reactance, in which a person has a negative emotional reaction to being persuaded, and thus chooses the option which is being advocated against. The one being manipulated is usually unaware of what is really going on.
Reverse Psychology is the third studio album by Bomfunk MC's, released in 2004 through Polydor Records.
Usage examples of "reverse psychology".
He was observing his audience and noted that that bearded young white cat, Simon, was with a black woman as usual-a fetish Pearson-Mohammed-Kent could understand by reverse psychology, since he preferred white chicks himself.
He was observing his audience and noted that bearded young white cat, Simon, was with a black woman as usual-a fetish Pearson-Mohammed-Kent could understand by reverse psychology, since he preferred white chicks himself.
Talk about reverse psychology, asking him to do the very thing he intended to do anyway.
He felt his reverse psychology had worked so very well indeed, but, if he stopped using it, Tina might revert to her sadistic behavior.
He reached the conclusion that the reverse psychology would only work if he used it all the time.
It may sound like fairly standard reverse psychology, but before you attempt it, you need to have a finely tuned, intuitive understanding of human nature, or the subject, sure as hell, will bug out for the dugout.
Fracto carries grudges clear across Xanth, but he is prone to flattery and can be thwarted by reverse psychology.
But when all this had been granted, that was when her reverse psychology entered into it.