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

Chapter 4 Strong Attack, Forced to Submit - FBI's Psychological Strategy of Strong Attack (3)
However, shortly after the investigation began, investigators encountered a problem, which was the randomness of poisoning crimes.It turned out that in this case, the investigators found neither the specific target of the poisoner nor the traces left at the scene of the crime. Therefore, if the conventional detection ideas were followed, the investigators would not have found anything.Still, investigators developed a sense of deja vu with the shadowy poisoner.At this time, the investigators found a survey result, which showed that the motivation of some lunatics who disappeared and killed innocent people indiscriminately was often to vent their inner anger.Therefore, investigators believe that the poisoner must have some kind of psychological defect, may have suffered from severe depression, and is also a person who has achieved nothing.

Later, the investigators decided to reverse their own detection thinking, and no longer explore the reasons why the poisoner chose hydroxyphenylethylamine capsules, but start from the perpetrator's psychology-years of detection experience told the investigators, if you want to solve this case , It is necessary to put pressure on the perpetrator, but it cannot make the other party feel confrontational.Therefore, investigators of the FBI thought of a way: use the power of the media to attack the poisoner's heart.

Afterwards, the police got in touch with the media and encouraged them to publish articles, but it should be noted that in these articles, the poisoner must be described as a flesh-and-blood human being, because the police believe that the perpetrator will "depersonalize" the victim. "For example, if the perpetrator is forced to look at the face of a 12-year-old girl who was murdered, he will feel guilty and will confess his crime thoroughly. The purpose of doing so is to wage a psychological war against the perpetrator.But what is important is that the police should follow certain steps to release information about the case to the media—first of all, describe the case; but also briefly introduce the police’s analysis of the case; in addition, it is necessary to indicate in the article that the police solved the case Determination.

The elites of the FBI believe that they should express their determination to solve the case in the media, emphasizing that "the FBI, with the help of the state government and local authorities, is doing its best to solve the case, even if it takes a lifetime The real culprit must be brought to justice!" It is undeniable that this sentence has the deterrent effect on criminals.Later, the U.S. police captured a suspect in the poisoning case in the continuous investigation, although the police did not have enough evidence to prove his murder.However, people are happy that since the suspect was imprisoned, there have been no more poisoning cases in the Chicago area.It is undeniable that in the detection of the "capsule murder" case, the method of "creating momentum" has brought great help to the federal police in solving the case.

In life, many people have this experience: when one person is full of confidence and power to promote his point of view to another person, the other person is easily influenced by it, thus giving up his own ideas or concept, turn to cater to this person's point of view and even act according to the other party's thinking.It can be said that the powerful person has achieved the purpose of attacking the hearts of others at this time.

Sometimes, when people are writing articles or proving their views, they will also quote the speeches of famous people to prove the correctness of their views. In fact, this is also the method of "creating power".In the eyes of ordinary people, the speeches of celebrities are unquestionable authority, and citing the speeches of celebrities will give one's point of view "empowerment", thereby increasing credibility.Facts have proved that this method can easily break into the hearts of others, and often can achieve very good results.For example, many merchants will hire some "stars" or "experts" to endorse and help them sell their products. Establishing prestige in the hearts of consumers will naturally attract a large number of consumers to buy.In the words of the FBI, creating momentum is an effective psychological control technique, and this method can help you completely capture the opponent's heart.

The experience of the FBI tells us that when you are engaged in a psychological battle with your opponent, "creating momentum" is a good way.However, it is worth noting that after using the tactic of "strengthening power and building momentum", those masters of psychological attack will promptly emphasize the correctness of their views.In other words, it is to promptly inform the other party that your "power" is true.

Many times, in order to achieve the purpose of attacking the mind, the opponent often uses the word "we" in the tactics of attacking the mind. The purpose is to tell you that your opponent is a huge group, and many people are paying close attention to your actions. It is to use a "huge, strong, and capable group" to assist him in establishing a prestige in your heart during the negotiation.If you are really blinded by your opponent at this time, and then you believe the opponent's words and give up the plan to attack the heart, then unfortunately, this shows that you have failed in this heart attack, and the opponent uses the "strengthen power" to create momentum. Method wins.

In the 20s, the FBI cracked a case of intimidation - someone made a threatening phone call to a bank president, telling the other party that the technician sent by Southwest Bell to the bank a few days ago was his. , this person planted a bomb in the bank where the president was.The caller told the governor that he could detonate the bomb with just a remote control.In order to intimidate the president, the man told the president of the bank that he had controlled the president's wife and demanded a large sum of money from the president so that he would not detonate the bomb.Hearing that his wife was in danger, the president was terrified and immediately asked his secretary to call his wife.However, no one answered the phone at home, so the president believed the content of the threatening phone call.

Later, as the FBI cracked the case, they learned that the man had called his wife before calling the president, falsely claiming to be from Southwestern Bell.The man told the president's wife that there are frequent complaints of "receiving harassing calls" and they are following this man, so don't answer any calls between 12:00 and 12:45 noon that day to help them arrest A person who makes harassing phone calls.The president's wife was convinced that she did not answer the phone during this time period, and it was during this time period that the president received the threatening call and called his wife.It can be seen that this person did not control the president's wife at all, nor did he send anyone to plant a bomb in the bank. His purpose was to convince the president of his words and force the president to agree to his request.In fact, the strategy used by this blackmailer is also the method of "creating power" that is deeply sought after by the FBI.He knew the bank president would panic when he told him to "plant the bomb" and "control his wife."In order to be safe, the bank president had to agree to his request under these conditions.In this way, the purpose of the blackmailer is achieved.If this is the case, the blackmailer is undoubtedly the victor in this war of hearts.However, due to the timely intervention of the FBI and the successful use of a more sophisticated detection method, the man's lies were quickly exposed.Obviously, the FBI is the real winner here.

The above cases tell us that "creating momentum" is indeed a time-tested strategy in the psychological war, because many people will give up their original ideas or beliefs after hearing powerful words, and turn to cater to the opponent's statement. They will naturally be persuaded.At this time, the mind attacker has achieved the purpose of occupying and controlling the minds of others.

5. You must wait for 3 minutes before you can talk about victory

Many people find it extremely difficult to attack their hearts when dealing with their opponents and fighting wits and courage.Because people often have to face unusually stubborn opponents.No matter how people talk to them, these people are able to deal with them skillfully without revealing any flaws. At this time, the psychological battle seems to have reached a stalemate. If one side refuses to admit defeat, then this process will continue.However, those negotiating elites are not afraid of such opponents. No matter how calm and composed the opponent is, these master negotiators will find a suitable opportunity to attack the opponent and force the opponent to submit.At this time, delaying is one of the best ways to change the situation of the battle.

When working or studying, "3-minute heat" is a word people hear most often.Yes, no matter what people do, the initial period is when people have the most energy.If people work or study for a long time, over time, the initial vigorous energy will decrease or even disappear, and this is what people often call "3-minute enthusiasm"; if you challenge a person who has just started a certain study or work, Then it is difficult for you to win in the competition; however, if you challenge a person when he loses enthusiasm for a certain job or study, he will easily lose to you.From this, the FBI has come up with an effective strategy to attack other people's hearts - delaying the heat for 3 minutes.

This mind-boggling wisdom of the FBI tells people that in many cases, a violent attack does not necessarily make people win in a verbal confrontation, and delay is one of the skills that can make people win at this time. The FBI's mind attacking elite believes that when you encounter a stubborn opponent in the process of mind attacking, you should consider "delaying methods".Meeting a stubborn opponent does not mean that you will definitely lose in this confrontation, but you must be clear that at this time, you can only be close to victory if you have passed the heat for 3 minutes.

It is undeniable that the FBI's delaying method has its scientific aspects, and people's performance in life can also prove this point.In fact, many people have this experience. When people decide to do something, they are full of confidence at the beginning, and they want to do it well.Therefore, people at this time are full of fighting spirit.However, if people happen to encounter another more urgent matter at this time, they have to temporarily put aside the originally decided matter. After a period of time, when people start to do this matter again, they will find themselves Enthusiasm has long been lost, and this means that people have passed the "3-minute heat" at this time.

In fact, many times, people do not solve problems through a specific method, but use procrastination to solve problems-many things are left behind in procrastination.For example, when two people have a conflict because of a small matter, one of them is very angry and vows to argue with the other to teach him a lesson.However, after a period of time, his anger will disappear, and this person's attitude will also change-"Let's stop here!" Performance.

In life, people often use "3-minute heat" to describe a person who has no perseverance. At this time, "3-minute heat" is a derogatory term, and the FBI got inspiration from this sentence and invented an attack on other people's psychology. A good way, this is "dragging through the '3-minute heat'", which uses the initial enthusiasm of people when they are engaged in a certain job.That's right, everyone has a "3-minute heat" when they are doing anything. In this "3-minute heat", people's thoughts and actions on a certain matter are very active. Once the "3-minute heat" has passed , people's thoughts and behaviors will become very passive, and this is the best time to attack the mind.

When many mind attack masters tell others the secrets of mind attack, they will tell such cases:
In the 20s, an electronics company in Silicon Valley produced a new product, a new type of integrated circuit.However, when the company just launched this new product to the market, it encountered unexpected difficulties-although the product was very novel, the public could not accept its performance, and the company happened to be heavily in debt at this time. Facing bankruptcy crisis.If this integrated circuit can be successfully sold, it will definitely bring the company back to life.

Sure enough, a company from Europe sent three representatives to negotiate the transfer.It seems that the European company is very sincere, but in the conversation, the price offered by the other party is only two-thirds of the development cost.Faced with this situation, the representative of the electronics company had no choice but to stand up and say: "Sir, come here first!" As a result, the negotiation ended after 3 minutes of the start of the negotiation.But that afternoon, representatives of European companies called for a renegotiation.This time, the attitude of the other party was significantly relaxed, so the electronics company transferred the right to produce new integrated circuits at a higher price.

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