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Manipulation [1] in psychology is the urge to have control over others by psychological tactics, forcing them into acting in favor of the manipulator.
Manipulative urges can be from cluster B personality disorders.
Like borderline personality disorders (BPDs), narcissism, gaslighting, emotional blackmail or love-bombing, or seduction to get affection or avoid abandonment.
Manipulation is also correlated to higher levels of dark empathy, and emotional intelligence, and is a chief component of the personality construct dubbed Machiavellianism.
correlate: correspond, agree, connect
The main antagonist of the Monster series, Johan Liebert is an enigmatic serial killer with unmatched levels of intelligence and manipulation tactics.
Cluster B personality disorders
Cluster B personality disorders
Cluster B personality disorders are a group of disorders with dramatic, emotional, and erratic behaviors, like antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders.
Manipulation techniques
Manipulation techniques
Gaslighting involves when one plants self-doubt and confusion in his/her victim's mind.
Abuse and punishments
Blackmailing and threats:
Yelling, fake anger, and intimidation: A manipulator who tends to yell and act as if he/she was in anger is also often someone abusive in a relationship who tries to establish some level of fear over him/her.
Silent treatment, intimidation, threats, swearing, emotional blackmail, guilt trips, sulking, crying, and playing the victim.
Positive reinforcement: The manipulator rewards their target after the ladder follows his request, comprised of praise, superficial charm, superficial sympathy, and "crocodile tears".
[1] Crocodile tears is false emotions shown like a hypocrite crying fake tears, from an old belief that crocodiles cry while eating preys.
Negative reinforcement is to remove one from negative situations as a reward.
Intermittent or partial reinforcement: Partial or intermittent negative reinforcement can make effective fear and doubt climate. Partial or intermittent positive reinforcement can encourage the victim to persist.
Traumatic one-trial learning: using verbal abuse, explosive anger, or other intimidating behavior to establish dominance or superiority; even once such behavior can condition or train victims to avoid upsetting or confronting the manipulator.
Love Bombing is the use of fake friendliness, attention, affection, and praise to gain their trust and dependence before manipulating them.
Negging is using backhanded compliments on the victim to undermine their confidence
backhanded: indirect, unclear statements that usually mean the opposite of what it seem to mean
Information control is to reveal information to take over the situation and manipulate one's view of reality
Triangulation using a third party in situations to gain control or advantage over a relationship between two people,
third party: someone not part of the main group
Impersonation or identity theft is scarcely used by manipulators, mainly bold ones who wants to acquire exclusive information from others.
Confidence game is linked to fundamental human psychology. Manipulators will seek for their target's trust with a compelling words and behaviours to act according go their favour.
Common behaviors/traits of manipulators
Common behaviors/traits of manipulators
Manipulators are calm and collected. Some are cautious at revealing their emotions and true intentions, making them too enigmatic for others to forsee what they pursue.
Asking a favor
A technique that is not only used for manipulative intentions but also moral goals would be to ask for other favours, often for marketing and sales.
Most want to be helpful rather than be ignored, making them like you. By asking a favor, it shows that you trust and value their abilities and knowledge, and making them to feel helpful and important, reinforces one's bond with them.
It's called the "Ben Franklin effect," named after the American ambassador.
Benjamin famously used this method to win over political adversaries but, it is crucial or approach asking for favors with genuine need and gratitude, rather than manipulation.
Reciprocity principle
Reciprocity principle
The principle of reciprocity refers to permit the application of the legal effects of specific relationship in law when these same effects are accepted equally yby foreign countries.
Exploited weaknesses of a victim:
a desire to please
addiction to earn others' approval and acceptance
emetophobia (fear of negative emotion; i.e. a fear of expressing anger, frustration or disapproval)
lack of assertiveness and ability to say no
blurry sense of identity (with soft personal boundaries)
low self-reliance
external locus of control
Generic motives of manipulators
Generic motives of manipulators
need to advance their purposes and personal gain at (virtually any) cost to others
strong need to attain feelings of power and superiority in relationships - compare megalomania (associated with, for example, narcissistic personality disorder)
want or need to feel in control
desire to gain a feeling of power over others to raise their perception of self-esteem
furtherance of cult dynamics in recruiting or retaining followers
boredom, or growing tired of one's surroundings; seeing manipulation as a game more than hurting others
covert agendas, criminal or otherwise, including financial manipulation (often seen when intentionally targeting the elderly or unsuspecting, unprotected wealthy for the sole purpose of obtaining victims' financial assets)
not identifying with underlying emotions (including experiencing commitment phobia), and subsequent rationalization (offenders do not manipulate consciously, but rather try to convince themselves of the invalidity of their own emotions)
lack of self-control over impulsive and anti-social behavior - leading to pre-emptive or reactionary manipulation to maintain image
Psychology author George K. Simon's primary psychological manipulation of the abuse:
Concealing aggressive intentions and behaviors and being affable.
Knowing the psychological vulnerabilities of the victim to determine which tactics are likely to be the most effective.
Having a sufficient level of ruthlessness to have no qualms about causing harm to the victim if necessary.
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