Know that everyone has an autonomous consciousness, and even parents cannot completely control their children's lives. Moreover, for adults with sound hands and feet, we also have the ability to think independently and the strength to fight for their own fate.
But real life is always magical, and some people blindly listen to others, and even become a puppet who obeys others.
People often call this kind of behavior brainwashing, and those who are trapped in pyramid schemes and cannot extricate themselves are often brainwashed by the pyramid scheme gangs and lose their original logic and judgment. From the perspective of psychology, brainwashing is to eliminate all the original concepts of the brain and replace them with a completely new point of view, so as to achieve the unknown purpose of the brainwasher.
Some people have questioned this question, we are born with no understanding of society and the world, and the cognition we acquire and the establishment of the three views in the present moment are based on the explanations of others. In this way, everyone in our upbringing has been brainwashed, and we have received a completely different brainwashing education.
Therefore, people in different countries will have different cultures and ideas, and there will be conflicts in the views of things. Some people think that there is no right or wrong in brainwashing, but rather a spontaneous or passive choice of the individual.
Such a view is not problematic on the surface, but in fact it has confused the difference between brainwashing and learning knowledge and changing attitudes.
Learning knowledge is not only learned through books, it also includes us learning any new knowledge points that are unknown. Such learning is often active and subjective, while brainwashing is more like a witchcraft. It is not a change in people's attitudes, and the brainwashed are often manipulated by others without knowing it.
Psychologists have found that controlling a person's mind is very simple, and only two things need to be done, that is, repetition and distraction.
repeat
Philosophy often says that quantitative change causes qualitative change, and when an event is repeated too many times, the essence of the thing may change. Brainwashers use this law to control the psychology of some people. Psychologists believe that no one's attitude cannot be changed, even those who seem extremely stubborn.
There are also research data that show that even if people are extremely resistant to something new, over time, they will act in the direction that the new thing points to. When we acquire new knowledge or perspectives, our minds are already subtly influenced by this new idea.
Whether or not we accept and endorse this idea in the present, it will affect our decisions in the future. After all, there is a herd mentality in which we can't tell if something is true or right, and we tend to make the same choices as most people in order to make us seem more gregarious.
Brainwashing often takes a repetitive approach, allowing the same information to be presented to us many times. This can gradually affect our subconscious mind and make us think that this idea is the opinion held by most people, so it is correct and trustworthy. A university once conducted an experiment on this inference.
At that time, people used radio to convey a view in universities, and when the radio was first broadcast, only a few people agreed with this view.
But as the number of broadcasts increased, those who had been opposed also changed their minds. And the more broadcasts there are, the more people will change their attitudes.
The results of the study prove that repeated information can increase the persuasiveness of the information, but this is limited to those that are more truthful and reliable. Even if a lie that can be seen at a glance is repeated countless times, people still have the basic ability to discern. So those who want to brainwash others don't really change a person, but wrap themselves up as much as possible to make him look trustworthy.
distracted
Psychologists have also done other experiments and found that in a state of distraction, people are more receptive to something. For example, when answering a phone call, people often unconsciously accept items handed by others.
Those brainwashing organizations often use such psychological laws to deliberately suggest to the brainwashed person through other things, rather than directly promoting their own benefits.
In the course of the conversation, we are exposed to information that we do not understand and agree with many times, but because this information is mixed with other things, we generally do not pay too much attention. For those who accidentally fall into brainwashed tissue, the surest way to get out is to listen to every word the other person says as much as possible and analyze whether there are loopholes in the words.
In this way, we can find the brainwashing words that the other party deliberately emphasizes, and we can prevent ourselves from being confused by the illusion and becoming a poor person who has been brainwashed.
In fact, brainwashing does not only occur in the MLM dens, some companies will also use similar methods to make employees obey their own words. Many people can't judge whether they have been brainwashed, in fact, we just need to calm down and think about whether the information conveyed to us by the other party is in line with scientific facts.
For example, some companies will make strange rules and regulations, and people who do not complete performance need to be physically insulted and punished, and many people think that this is normal and punishes them for not achieving their goals.
In fact, we have every right to choose whether to work or not, and no individual has the right to harm the body of the employee.
There are many similar brainwashing remarks, such as working overtime without compensation before the work is completed, and many people have taken this for granted.
But many people overlook a key issue, and in many cases the amount of work we need to complete is two or even three days of work. Wanting employees to complete in a day's time, or even working overtime without compensation, is whimsical.
It can also be seen from here that brainwashing is common in life. Profit-hungry people may use brainwashing to squeeze their employees, and we should also be vigilant and protect our legitimate rights and interests as much as possible.