Isbn: 9798996180615 - manipulation: recognize and resist psychological control (2 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Most manipulation doesn't feel like manipulation.It feels like common sense.Like consensus.Like loyalty.Like fear.Sometimes, it feels like your own idea.Manipulation: Recognize and Resist Psychological Control examines how people, groups, institutions, and systems shape what we perceive, believe, and do-often without our realizing that influencing is even taking place.There is no special class of people immune to manipulation. The same mental shortcuts that allow us to navigate a complicated world can also be used against us. Intelligence alone is no defense. In some cases, it merely gives us better tools for rationalizing what we already want to believe.Drawing from psychology, linguistics, persuasion research, propaganda, social engineering, military intelligence, history, media studies, and philosophy, Manipulation explores the mechanisms that make psychological influence work.Inside, you'll examine: - cognitive biases, logical fallacies, and the vulnerabilities of human reasoning- framing, labeling, euphemism, and the power of language to shape perception- persuasion, manipulation, coercion, and where the lines blur- propaganda, psychological operations, and mass influence- social engineering and the exploitation of trust- conspiratorial thinking, misinformation, and synthetic reality- media bias and the competition for attention and belief- interrogation, authority, conformity, and psychological pressure- practical methods for verification, cognitive hygiene, resilience, and resistanceThis is not a manual for becoming impossible to influence. That would be another illusion. Influence is unavoidable. Manipulation works not because people are stupid, weak, or gullible, but because they are human.The goal is something more realistic-and more useful: to recognize when someone is attempting to bypass your judgment, understand why the attempt works, and become harder to control without becoming cynical, paranoid, or closed off.You cannot eliminate unwanted influence. But you can become more deliberate about who gets access to your mind.…