How You’re Always Being Manipulated With the Rule for Reciprocity
People are more willing to do a favor for someone they like
The rules of psychology can work for you or against you. If you know the rules, then at least you can see it coming when someone intends to use the power of psychology against you.
If you don’t know the rules of psychology, then anyone can use them against you. They will take advantage of you in every opportunity they get.
You need to know the rules of psychology to know yourself better, know how you think, and guard yourself against psychological manipulation.
One such psychological rule you’ve been a victim of is the rule of reciprocity. If you do something for me, I’ll feel indebted to repay you the favor. It’s how the rule for reciprocity works.
We’ve been taught it’s a good manner to return the favor. When someone gives you something, it’s your obligation — or so we’ve been taught — to return the favor.
Because if you don’t, you’ll forever be indebted to him. But you don’t want that, do you? Besides, as you know, it’s not a good manner to not return the favor.
The manipulators take advantage of this very human tendency at every chance they get. They know you’ll fall for it every…
