What is reverse psychology? How does it works?

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What is reverse psychology? How does it works?

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It’s where you have someone, let’s call them an arsehole for ELI5 purposes. They hate being told what to do so much that they’ll actively not do what they are told to do.

So……….. you tell them to do the opposite of what you actually want them to do. Them, being an arsehole, well then do the opposite and think that they’ve won when they’ve actually done what you wanted them to do.