FBI mind attack: the super psychological tactics of the US federal police

Chapter 25 Courtesy first, Soldiers later, Give enough face before setting conditions - FBI's psychological tactics of post-strike (2)
From the confessions of these children, John Duras can really understand the inner thoughts of "problem children".

It can be seen from this that they make mistakes precisely because they don't get even a little praise.

Obviously, John Duras found the root cause of the "problem children"'s mistakes - lack of praise.Therefore, she concluded that in the process of children's growth, parents should not only shoulder the heavy responsibility of raising their children, but also cannot neglect to praise their children. A simple compliment is enough to make children feel a sense of accomplishment and strengthen their Its motivation and confidence to continue to work hard; on the contrary, if parents are indifferent to their children's growth and lack praise, they will not be able to create a healthy and happy growth environment for their children, which will make parents likely to be confused about their children's inner truth. idea.The probability of children having problems is much higher than that of children who grow up in a healthy and happy environment.

Just imagine, if parents can praise these "problem children", communicate with them in time, and know their inner thoughts, then they can extinguish the "fire" of their mistakes from the source.

(3) Praising the elderly from the heart is an effective way to narrow the distance between the two parties.

The FBI found through observation that the elderly also need to be praised by others, but the praise should not be mixed with false elements, otherwise it will not have the effect of praise.

Modern young people are relatively open-minded, and they are also very casual when talking with the elderly, which will make the elderly feel uncomfortable. If they can pay more attention to the attitude and tone of speech, the effect they receive may be completely different.

For example, when a young man encounters a problem and asks the old man for advice, saying "Old man, you are so smart" may be more effective than "Old man, I have grown through the experience you taught me, and you are the best person on my growth path." My teacher!" This sentence is much weaker.

For another example, when a person praises the old man for his profound knowledge, he blurts out: "You are such a smart person!" Although the old man does not deny it, he often does not feel the pride of being praised by others in his heart.And if the person praises the old man in this way: "Among the people I know, your knowledge is one of the best, and I hope to get your advice." The old man will definitely accept it and will spare no effort to pass on his knowledge to this person people.

In a nursing home for the elderly in Indiana, an elderly man who was considered an outlier in the eyes of others has attracted the attention of the FBI. According to the welfare home, this is a veteran who participated in the Pacific War.

I learned from other people's mouths that the old man is very disgusted with other people's praise. The FBI expressed different opinions: "No one can refuse other people's sincere praise. If a person feels disgusted by others' praise, it may be caused by the wrong way of praise." Therefore, the FBI has a great interest in the old man , I really want to find this old man to find out.

When the old man appeared in front of the FBI, he couldn't see the image of the old man who was out of gregarious in the population-the old man was very talkative and had a very straightforward personality. The FBI instinctively shook hands with the veteran of the Pacific War, and said cordially: "Whenever I recall that thrilling war, it will always draw the sighs of countless people. It is those who, like you, defended their homes It is the fighters who dare to sacrifice themselves that have brought about today's peace, and for this, I pay high respects to you!"

After hearing this, the old man said excitedly: "This is the most sincere compliment I have heard in my life, and I am very moved by it. Maybe in the eyes of some people, I am an old man who doesn't fit in, and sometimes I even have a bad temper. In fact, the reason why I am like that is just that I can't get used to some people's hypocritical praise and vent my emotions."

It can be seen from this that the FBI regards justly praising the other party as a secret weapon to gain insight into the other party's psychology.Obviously, this kind of mind attack can achieve the desired effect.

3. Give the opponent face, wait for the opportunity to give the opponent a blow

Research by the American Association for Psychological Research shows that most people attach great importance to the issue of face, and hope that others can give them face, so as not to put themselves in an embarrassing situation.In fact, some people are always not respected by others in the process of interacting with others, which is what they call "losing face".For this reason, they are very distressed, and at the same time they will fight back against those who do not respect them, which will eventually bring the relationship between the two parties into a stalemate, or even worse.

"Since the other party wants face, give it to them, and don't do things that make the other party lose face." This sentence is of extraordinary significance to the FBI.They believe that face is very important to a person, if he can live up to his face, then this person will also feel that other people are friends on the same front as himself psychologically, so as to enhance understanding and make the relationship between each other more harmonious .Conversely, if someone doesn't make a person look good, that person is likely to get angry and do something against that person.

In actual combat, the FBI will give the opponent enough face no matter what type of opponent it faces.And it was through this seemingly "passive" method that the FBI managed to understand the opponent's psychology, which facilitated the implementation of psychological attacks.Here is a good example of this:

Every day crowds of tourists go shopping on London Street, which is a commercial gathering area with many world brands.

John Berger is a federal police officer responsible for the economic and social stability of the region. With his rich practical experience, he has made the overall law and order situation in the region far better than other regions.Many media reporters wanted to find out, so they asked: "Mr. John Berger, you are indeed a very good FBI. We admire your achievements and hope you can tell us how you achieved such achievements. .”

After hearing this, John Berg said unhurriedly: "Give others face, can others not give me face?" But the reporter failed to understand the true meaning of this sentence, so John Berg immediately told the reporter Said something like this:
The economic crisis broke out in the United States in 2008, and the business district also lost its former prosperity.On this day, an explosive news reached John Berg: a large jewelry store in the business district was stolen, and the total amount of lost jewelry was as high as 300 million US dollars.After hearing the news, John Berg rushed to the stolen jewelry store.Judging from the situation at the scene of the crime, the store's anti-theft windows did not show obvious signs of being smashed, and there were no suspicious traces left at the scene.In this regard, John Berg felt that the case was not as simple as imagined.

After three days of investigation and technical analysis of the scene again, John Berg preliminarily determined that the crime was committed by insiders of the jewelry store.But for a while, no evidence was found.On the fifth day after the jewelry store incident, the manager of the jewelry store provided John Berg with an important piece of information: "An employee in my store named Bit disappeared after the theft, and his mobile phone was still on the phone. According to other employees, Bit has been very depressed in the past two months, as if something big happened. But he didn't mention to anyone what happened to him, and he was always depressed all day long. "

John Berg is keenly aware that Bit is most likely a suspect in the theft of jewelry.So John Berg looked through Bit's personal information files, wanting to confirm Bit's current location in order to solve the case as soon as possible.When John Berg arrived at Bute's apartment on the outskirts of London, he found it empty.It was learned from the neighbors near the residence that Bit had moved out of here two days ago.This made John Berg realize that Bit was most likely absconding with the stolen jewelry to another city to sell the stolen goods.

After careful analysis, John Berg believed that a large jewelry trading market in New York was most likely a place where Bit sold stolen goods, so he rushed to New York non-stop to look for Bit's whereabouts.When John Berg came to one of the largest jewelry trading markets in New York and even in the United States, he found a man who was very similar to the suspect who had stolen the jewelry from the comparison of the wanted photos, so he went to the man's house before.At this time, the experienced Johann Berg decided to give Bit a face, so as to gain a psychological advantage first, so he said to Bit: "Mr. Bit, the taxi you ordered me to call you is already outside the door, let me help you You can carry your things." After speaking, he bent down and carried a whole bag of jewelry on his back.Bit originally wanted to refuse the request of the stranger in front of him, but he was overwhelmed by John Berg's sudden move, so he could only follow John Berg's intention and walk out the door.

After John Berg took Bit into the car, he did not expose the fact that Bit had stolen, but continued to say to Bit: "Mr. Bit, it is not safe to keep these jewels around you like this. Let me introduce you to a high-priced recycling jeweler." Market, and I won't charge you anything, what do you think?"

At this time, because Bit wanted to sell the jewelry as soon as possible, he never thought that the person who helped him contact the high-priced sale of jewelry was the famous FBI, and even said to John Berg: "Brother, to tell you the truth, I stole these jewelry." Come on, if you can sell them at a high price, I'll give you a 40% commission."

To calm his nerves, Johanberg pretended to accept Bit's proposal.When John Berg drove the car into the police station, Bit suddenly realized that he had fallen into the law.

During the interrogation of Bit, Bit confessed to the crime of stealing jewels. At the same time, he said that he was deeply surprised by the FBI's psychological attack on him, and he also commented on the FBI: "In order to catch me, you deliberately gave Save my face. This will let me relax psychologically, and when my vigilance gradually decreases, you will wait for the opportunity to arrest me. This kind of psychological attack is really hard to guard against."

From this case, the FBI taught people the importance of giving face to their opponents.So, how did they engage in psychological warfare with their opponents in actual combat?
(1) Satisfying the vanity of the opponent to save face.

Many people hope that others can give them enough face. When they get face, they will greatly satisfy their vanity.In their eyes, those who can give them face are their friends, and they are people who stand on the same front as themselves.In this way, it is obviously easier to get close to the opponent, so as to gain insight into the opponent's psychological characteristics and achieve some goals.

The FBI often encounters some stubborn opponents in actual combat. At first, they usually use conventional methods during the interrogation process, but they still cannot get valuable information.For this reason, the FBI carefully summarized the research and decided to use psychological tactics to deal with the opponent.The specific method is to satisfy the vanity of the opponent's good face.For example, when interrogating a burglar, say something like: "You steal very well. If it could be used in other ways, I guarantee you would be a good person. Don't you think so?"

After the thieves listened to these words, their original determination to resist would often loosen, so the FBI would immediately attack them, and finally make the thieves confess their crimes.

(2) Seize topics of interest to your opponents to distract them.

Opponents want others to think in terms of what they are interested in. The FBI believes that such people are very face-saving. The best way to deal with such people is to find topics of interest to them, and when they talk about what they are interested in They should listen patiently when talking about the topic, so as to achieve the purpose of disguising their true identities, so as to distract them as much as possible, and carry out psychological attacks on them, so as to achieve their ultimate goal.

The above two points are the psychological attack skills summed up by the FBI through exploration in actual combat.From this, it is not difficult for us to understand the FBI's comment: "In fact, it is very simple to implement a psychological attack strategy on a person, that is, to grasp his personality traits, satisfy his vanity, and then carry out unexpected psychological attacks on him. achieve their goals."

4. Realize the highest level of psychological attack - FBI makes opponents "fire in the backyard"

The FBI often says this: "In actual combat, no matter how cunning an opponent is, it is necessary to take psychological measures against it, but the highest level of psychological attack is to let the opponent handle himself."

In actual combat, the FBI is very good at using psychological attack strategies to confront opponents, and the result of the confrontation is often that the FBI wins.In this regard, people can't help but ask: "Why is the FBI able to use mind attack so skillfully? What method did they use to achieve the highest level of mind attack?"

In this regard, the FBI has summarized some methods that must be used to achieve the highest level of mind attack:
(1) Pretend to agree with the opponent's point of view in exchange for the opponent's trust.

From a psychological point of view, everyone hopes that others agree with their point of view, which will not only enhance their confidence, but also bring their relationship closer. The FBI believes that in daily life, people agreeing with other people's views can effectively gain the trust of others, and in this way, it will be beneficial to the future exchanges between the two parties.With the development of time, when enough trust is established between each other, if it is "attacked", it will definitely have the desired effect.

(2) Secretly sneak into the opponent's "backyard".

After gaining enough trust from the opponent, the next step is to sneak into the opponent's "backyard" secretly.The backyard is the opponent's interior.During the lurking process, we must always pay attention to the situation in the opponent's "backyard" and be aware of it.But it is worth noting that you must not reveal your true identity when lurking, otherwise your previous efforts may be in vain.

(3) Force the opponent to set the "backyard" on fire.

After gaining enough trust from the opponent and successfully sneaking into the opponent's "backyard", the most important step is to force the opponent to ignite the "backyard" at the right time.Only in this way can the entire plan be fully implemented.

Some people may ask: "How to force the opponent to ignite the 'backyard' by himself?" In the view of the FBI, there are many ways to force the opponent to ignite the "backyard" by himself.Among them, bewitching people's hearts, obstructing them, and sowing dissension are very effective methods.In other words, use more methods of sowing discord in the opponent's "backyard".For example, deliberately provoking the relationship between two people; deliberately exaggerating things that were not serious; spreading more demagogic news, etc.When these news spread in the "backyard", the fire will ignite in the "backyard", causing chaos within the opponent, so as to achieve the goal of self-defeating.

There have been several armed robberies in the central square of New York City in the United States.According to eyewitnesses, the armed robbers were around 20 years old. Although the members of the gang were generally young, their modus operandi was very sophisticated and they had very strong organizational discipline.According to several people who were robbed, this robbery gang would disappear without a trace soon after each successful robbery.According to incomplete statistics, the gang has robbed as many as [-] times, and the FBI dubbed it a "robbery professional".

The FBI realized that this gang was not just for nothing, and there must be a strong backer behind it.As a result, the FBI launched an investigation into the gang.After an FBI agent posed as a "little punk," he managed to get in touch with one of the group's leaders through an introduction.During the conversation with the person in charge, the "little gangster" pretended to be very interested in his speech and agreed with the other party's point of view.As a result, the person in charge of the organization attached great importance to the "little gangster", so he decided to keep him by his side for reuse.

(End of this chapter)