“There are more good people, but they are less common,” “Why are people so angry, cruel?” - These phrases have become popular these days. They hid a lot of pain from the betrayal of loved ones, disappointments in loved ones. A mass of strong negative emotions overshadows the mind, and the truth is hidden from the person. Namely, an understanding of the reasons for the behavior of another. Today the reverse psychology has opened the veil of secrecy of human actions.
And the truth is that there are no people who are only evil or only good. In each of us, negative, in terms of morality, qualities, and positive traits are also manifested. Any person makes many good and not very deeds in his life. It all depends on specific circumstances, life experiences, changes in values. White may appear black. And it’s hard to say which way the advantage was, because the actions are not straightforward.
Such an explanation of the duality of human nature gives a new trend in science, called the "reverse psychology."
This direction has focused on the study of a long-known phenomenon in psychology, when a person under different conditions exhibits different behaviors. The explanation for this is the variety of manifestations of the human psyche, its main function - self-regulation.
But the interest of psychologists today is not attracted by different reactions of a person in the same situation, but by the reasons why he acts "exactly the opposite."
This phenomenon in psychology is known as the principle of reversibility ("action from the opposite"), which manifests itself under certain conditions. The more you press on a person, the more unpredictable his reaction may be. Strong exposure often causes stress. Psychology explains the behavior of a person in such a situation as a protective reaction of the psyche to an external stimulus. Of course, it does not always work. Only if outsiders exert influence on the most “painful” points of a person, touching the thinnest strings of the soul. Although sometimes it’s enough to “get in touch” with actual experiences ...
Reverse psychology provided valuable information for practical use in various fields of activity: in politics, advertising, and the media. For example, advertising workers have long wondered what advertising should be like so as not to provoke a consumer reaction. And they did not always find the answer.
To use this knowledge, you should thoroughly understand the mechanism. The new psychological concept, which most accurately explains the phenomenon of “the opposite,” was proposed by British psychologist Michael Upper, widely known in professional circles. The basis of his ideas is the concept of motivation. He argues that at one point in time a person cannot experience two needs that are essentially opposite in nature. For example, we can plunge into thoughts about our problems, of course, at this moment we are not able to empathize with another. If someone insists on asking us for help, advice, trying to attract attention, the reaction can be violent (anger, aggression, demonstrative indifference).
Reverse psychology also emphasizes that the psyche tends to switch from one state to another, the opposite. So, there is a way to get the right reaction. You must either choose the right moment (this is possible with personal contact), or help a person smoothly switch to the appropriate state.
Well, let’s see how the practitioners of the word, politicians and others cope with this task of practice.
In fairness, we note that the theory of Aptera is integral, i.e. corresponding (or at least not contradicting) to all currently known scientific areas, and these are: deep psychology (studies the unconscious in the structure of the human psyche), gestalt (theory of incomplete actions), psychoanalysis (therapy based on the identification of hidden causes, often unconscious) , behaviorism (explaining the behavior of a person by a chain: stimulus-reaction). So, it has the right to life.