For my favorite example of so-called reverse psychology see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-k5J4RxQdE Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Bob Wildblood" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 8:24:25 PM Subject: Re: [tips] "Reverse Psychology" Michael Britt > > Maybe you've seen this video on YouTube. It's > definitely "going viral" as they say. Everyone is > referring to it as an example of "reverse > psychology", which I suppose it could be if one > defines "reverse psychology" as those times when > adults tell their children to do the opposite of > what they want because they know that their child > will do the opposite of what they tell them to do > (did I explain that right? :) Sounds like what some clinicians call a paradoxical directive. . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Adjunct Psychology Faculty Germanna Community College [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=10061 or send a blank email to leave-10061-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10062 or send a blank email to leave-10062-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
