‘Responsibility’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life, Page 3

The following articles are related to ‘Responsibility’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life.

Empowerment Tools: Judge Actions, Not Intentions

Last updated 21st April 2009

I know so many people who got into destructive relationships in the first place because even though they saw the warning signs of problem behaviors, they spent too much mental time and energy guessing about the person’s motives.

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The Secrets of Personal Empowerment

Last updated 20th April 2009

When someone engages in a behavior that’s a problem, the reason they do it is irrelevant. If we try too hard to “understand” the behavior, before long we’ll find ourselves excusing it and eventually enabling it.

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Selective Listening and Attention

Last updated 30th March 2009

“Tuning-out” someone who’s trying to make a point, teach a lesson, or call attention to a problem is a principal way that the disordered character resists internalizing the values, standards, and controls society wants him to adopt.

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Playing the Victim

Last updated 16th March 2009

Most of the time, when the manipulator casts themselves as a victim, they don’t really see themselves as victimized, they just really want the other party to see them as wounded, injured, or suffering in some way in order to elicit sympathy, cloud the picture about just who is the victimizer and who is the victim, and otherwise impression-manage the real victim.

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Acting Innocent and “Playing Dumb” as Manipulation Tactics

Last updated 10th March 2009

Feigning ignorance is an effective tactic that manipulates the person confronting the behavior into having doubts about the legitimacy of the issue they’re trying to bring to the other person’s attention.

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