Just got into a debate about history with my father and the attention span of people was mentioned, Hitler captured their attention. How did he do this? By relating to their emotions. Would that go to the KISS principle, the simplicity of our emotions.
I mean, is our obsession with a certain factor that makes us more receptive to information offered on that topic and allows us to capture it even if it is whispered from a range that you normally wouldn't hear? Can you sense the interest?
2007-10-04 13:09:08 · 6 answers · asked by accebere 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
well when something perks someone up it usually has a quality about it that makes a person happy or think better thoughts. Hitler made others feel good...or used tactics such as letting people feel more powerful and full of more control. when people like something its something that makes them happy something they have known to be exciting since they were younger.
2007-10-04 13:18:45 · answer #1 · answered by Jasmine 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same as thoughts in your mind follow the path of least resistance, when a certain topic is addressed for which you:
a. Have a strong interest
b. Have preformed opinions which the speaker talks to and validates
Your attention span increases. Sales people (good ones) and politicians play on this all the time. In a way it's manipulative, in a way it's effective. It simply puts things for people in a message they are familiar and comfortable with. Hitler went along the arguments the German people had on suffering they went through after WW1. He then - gradually - moved the emotion toward his own sordid goals.
Even if you didn't agree with the developments thereafter, it was too late, the momentum was there. But how did it start, by telling people what they tell themselves.
On a side not, I think the subject most people enjoy the most is talking about them. Try it. That's when super human hearing suddenly and noticeably kicks in :)
2007-10-04 20:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by whuz007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a magnificent phenomenon when you really stop and think about it. Part of why we hone in on certain words or sounds stems from our instincts, like in the animal kingdom, where a mother knows her child's voice, even if they are not able to speak, and how a mother animal knows when her baby is crying for her. Hitler's tactics were not uncommon, they are used all day ever day by every person who has a need to persuade others. He brainwashed his minions into believing him and his ideas about others. It is very easy to spread hate. How often does one hear a negative thing about a celebrity, for example, and bother to find out if what has been printed is really true? What he did was twist the truth to fit his agenda, and like many before and after him, they use that to "prove" they are correct. After all, why would so-and-so go to so much trouble to make so-and-so look bad to the minions? Also, it helped his cause by being able to have his ideologies in print, and circulated in mass quantities. People will pretty much believe anything if its in print. One time, someone showed me a pamphlet much like the teachings of Hitler, but it was quoted as being authored by Benjamin Franklin. I didn't bother to research if the nonsense was really authored by Franklin, I took it at face value, a piece of paper with words on it that could have been typed and mass produced very easily.
2007-10-04 20:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I certainly think so. My name is Suzy, and I have the ability to hear it from across a crowded room :) I do think we key into certain words or sounds that are important or intriguing to us. I was once going on a hike with my friends and I swore that I heard a trumpet. No one else believed me, but sure enough, after we walked more, the sound got louder and louder until everyone recognized it. We eventually found a guy practicing trumpet in the middle of the woods. I am a musician, but my hearing is completely average. I was just in tune to the music :)
2007-10-04 20:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by susanbamboozlin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've found that people usually perk up when there is a hint of debate or controversy. They NEED to get their point out. If it does not have to do with debate or controversy, they perk up on the negative media. How often do you see the glass half full on the news?
2007-10-04 21:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kinda like a dog going for a walk. We can hear the leash a mile away.
2007-10-04 20:11:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋