For ex.
If someone says "Don't look to your right" ..why does it become so hard NOT to look to your right?
2006-10-13 18:44:07 · 9 answers · asked by rainyfriday09 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
In the example you have given I think its because the person has an automatic need to look to the right to see what it is he isn't supposed to be looking at. He plans not to look (once he sees what it is he isn't supposed to look at).
When someone's says, "Don't look...." it can come across as kind of "spooky". The person who hears "Don't look..." is kind of worried that the other person sees something "spooky" or "awful", and its probably a self-preservation instinct to want to watch out for oneself. (Someone else here said its not trusting the other person - I agree.)
2006-10-13 20:03:40 · answer #1 · answered by WhiteLilac1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Adam and Eve
Prime Examples--lol
2006-10-13 19:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by What gives? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reverse phycology
2006-10-13 18:48:52 · answer #3 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oppsite of the saying "Out of sight, out of mind".
Remember when you said something you regret and you tell them "forget I said that".
That is why suggective selling works well.
2006-10-13 20:26:15 · answer #4 · answered by bs_batman_88 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just human nature, someone tells you to do something to do the opposite.
2006-10-13 18:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no such thing as the negative. it is a linguistic construct. So you can't say negative xyz without having the IDEA of XYZ in your mind.
2006-10-13 18:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by blinky doodles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you don't trust the person that said "don't look to your right"!!
2006-10-13 19:20:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause you wonder why they don't want you to look that way.
2006-10-13 18:54:07 · answer #8 · answered by karategirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one word to define it: temtation.
2006-10-13 18:53:27 · answer #9 · answered by sweetiethatcares 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋