psychochemist

Chapter 493 Authority Effect
People speak lightly, but people value their words seriously.

Just now, Yu Fan, Chen Xingyang, Guo Na, and Bai Tang experienced the "French style" in this scene on the spot. I have to say that this feeling is really impressive.

Guo Na: "Brother Yu, you say this is psychology?"

Yu Fan: "That's right. In fact, if you think about it carefully, their actions, whether intentional or unintentional, all conform to the authority effect."

Chen Xingyang: "What is the authority effect?"

Yu Fan: "If the speaker is of high status, prestige, and respected by others, it is easy for others to pay attention to what he said and believe in its correctness. This is the authority effect! The authority effect is also called the authority suggestion effect. The authority effect The ubiquity of human behavior is firstly due to people's "safety psychology", that is, people always think that authority figures are often correct models, and obeying them will make them feel safe and increase the "insurance factor" that they will not make mistakes; secondly, because people have 'Psychology of Appreciation', that is, people always think that the requirements of authority figures are often consistent with social norms, and if they follow the requirements of authority figures, they will get approval and rewards from all sides." Yu Fanshi made a speech on popular science.

Bai Tang couldn't help complaining: "Brother Yu, do you usually chat with people like this? Does anyone want to hit you? It's so long-winded."

Chen Xingyang laughed loudly: "Hahaha, finally someone thinks the same as me. But then again, although he is sometimes a bit verbose, he makes sense."

Guo Na: "I understand. That is to say, if a person has great authority, many people will believe what he says no matter whether it is correct or not, right?"

Yu Fan: "Na Na sums it up well. This is the strange thinking circle that often appears in our daily life. People always think that the correct truth will be widely believed, but it is not. It is just that the people who explain this truth are convincing. So this reason is also convincing. American psychologists once did an experiment: when giving lectures to students in the psychology department of a certain university, they introduced a German teacher invited from another school to the students, saying that this The German teacher is a famous chemist from Germany. During the experiment, the "chemist" took out a bottle containing distilled water and said that it was a new chemical substance he discovered. It has some smell, please The students present raised their hands when they smelled the smell, and most of the students raised their hands. As for distilled water, which had no smell, most of the students thought it smelled because of the language hint of this 'authoritative' psychologist. Looking back, in the Fa conference just now, what these believers did was nothing more than two things."

Baitang: "Which two?"

Yu Fan: "Hypnosis and self-hypnosis. Their preaching and introspection are constantly strengthening the 'authority' they believe in. They repeat every day to strengthen their hypnotic effect, which makes their hearts believe in their 'belief' 'Believe it deeply, and eventually lose your sanity. This hypnotic effect will be especially obvious in the case of a large crowd, and the feelings between each other will be contagious, and eventually become a group of mobs."

Guo Na: "Can no one wake up and rethink?"

Yu Fan: "Unless external forces influence it, it will be very difficult. They are like a sleeping person. The probability of a sleeping person waking up suddenly is extremely low. Even if someone suddenly 'wakes up' suddenly after having a nightmare, but What do you think he will do when he sits up and sees everyone around him is asleep?"

Chen Xingyang: "If it were me, I'd like to see if it's dawn. If it's not dawn, I'll lie down and continue to sleep. What are you doing when you get up?"

Yu Fan: "That's right. No one wakes up for no reason, and their brainwashing environment is night without day, so the probability of these people getting rid of the 'authority effect' is almost zero."

After hearing this, Guo Na was in a cold sweat and said, "If we follow them to attend the Fa conference, will we be like them sooner or later?"

Yu Fan: "Yes, this is like a kind of spiritual opium. Addiction is nothing more than a matter of time, and no one can break free."

Guo Na: "It's really scary. Is this the power of religion? I watched many religious people on TV can do a lot of extreme things. Before, I thought it was unbelievable. It must be some people's intellectual problems. Now it seems that, This kind of brainwashing power is really powerful."

Yu Fan: "Yes, from a psychological point of view, people with low intelligence are actually less likely to be controlled by hypnosis. On the contrary, people with higher IQs are more likely to be controlled by hypnosis."

Chen Xingyang shook his head: "Oh, the more I listen, the more confused I become. It seems that it's better to be stupid and safe. I will be wise and foolish in the future."

Yu Fan patted Chen Xingyang on the shoulder and joked: "Old Chen, don't worry, you are not in danger of being brainwashed."

Chen frame Yang nodded: "Hmm... um? Why do I feel like you are scolding me?"

The four laughed happily.

On the high ground not far away, a pair of eyes have been fixed on them all the time, and they have recorded something in a notebook with a pen...

After a while, it was noon and it was time to eat.

The believers began to gather and walked towards the cafeteria.The cafeteria in the temple is very simple, in fact, it is just a big simple shed. Everyone lined up consciously and in an orderly manner, and even gave in to each other to let the old man serve the food first.From this point of view, this group of people has a rather high-spirited feeling.

Chen Xingyang also felt that there was a sense of contrast in this picture, and said: "I saw them scrambling to carry the plaque in the morning, and now they look gentle and elegant, and they are not active in eating. It should be said that they are High quality? Or low quality?"

Yu Fan: "Perhaps for them, 'merit' is more precious than 'food'. So they don't bother to grab food. In essence, their hearts are still inseparable from their own robber logic."

At the front of the line was a row of tables with several very large pots filled with simple vegetarian dishes, and two chefs wearing masks filled the dishes for everyone.

Baitang poked her head and looked around in the crowd. She was looking for her parents. It would be reasonable to say that her parents did not come to the morning puja for some reason, but people are like iron and steel, and they should always show up when eating Well, this time is the time when there are the most believers here, and it is also the time when it is easiest to find people.

But the strange thing is that everyone kept their eyes open, but they still didn't find Baitang's parents in the crowd, let alone Zuo Cequan.

Could it be, is it really a mistake?

But, vaguely, Yu Fan realized that this temple is definitely not that simple!
　It's always been like this, right? ——Lu Xun's Diary of a Madman

　　
　
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