Psychological suggestion refers to a psychological technique that influences and changes people's thinking, emotions and behaviors through a series of words, behaviors or other forms of suggestion. Use people's subconscious sensitivity to external cues to achieve the purpose of subtly guiding and influencing people. Psychological suggestion is one of the important ways of communication between people, and it is also an important content of psychological research.
Psychological cues are generally carried out through verbal cues, body language cues, and environmental cues. Linguistic suggestion refers to suggesting to others through specific words, sentence structures, and tone of voice. Body language cues refer to suggesting to others through gestures, facial expressions, eyes, etc. Environmental cue refers to suggesting to others by changing certain factors in their environment. These cues are imperceptibly implanted in the subconscious minds of others, influencing their thinking, emotions, and behavior.
There are various forms of mental suggestion, such as affirmative suggestion, negative suggestion, temporal suggestion, and spatial suggestion. Affirmative suggestion refers to the use of positive, affirmative language and attitudes to suggest to others that they have confidence and positive emotions about a certain opinion, behavior, or outcome. Negative suggestion, on the other hand, uses negative, negative language and attitudes to suggest to others, causing them to doubt, uneasy, or fearful of a certain opinion, behavior, or outcome. Temporal suggestion refers to suggesting to others by mentioning a specific point in time or time period, so that they can produce a certain emotion or behavior at a specific time. Spatial suggestion refers to suggesting to others by changing the spatial layout and atmosphere in the environment, so that they can produce certain emotions or behaviors in a specific space.
Psychological suggestion has a wide range of applications in both individuals and groups. On the individual side, psychological cues can help people change their way of thinking, shape their self-confidence, overcome fears and anxieties, and more. For example, when facing an important exam or giving a speech, you can increase your confidence and expressiveness by giving yourself positive verbal cues and body language cues. In terms of groups, psychological suggestion can influence and change the thinking, emotions and behaviors of groups through group mobilization and collective motivation. For example, positive positive cues about team members can increase team members' cohesion, confidence, and unity, which in turn can improve team productivity and results.
Psychological suggestion has a wide range of applications in fields such as education, **, and sales. For example, a teacher can motivate a student through psychological suggestion, a doctor can use psychological suggestion to alleviate a patient's symptoms, and a salesperson can use psychological suggestion to increase sales.
Mental suggestion is a technique that uses the power of the subconscious mind to influence the thinking and behavior of others. It can have positive effects, such as motivation, symptom relief, etc., or negative effects, such as self-fulfilling prophecy effects.