Manipulation
Brennan, MD, Dan
Manipulation
● Manipulation or Emotional
manipulation is the use of devious
means to exploit, control, or
otherwise influence others to one’s
advantage.
● Willful psychological manipulation is
different than healthy social influence, in
which there’s a generally equitable
exchange between individuals.
● In a psychologically manipulative
relationship, one person exploits another
for selfish and unscrupulous gain.
Table of Contents
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Characteristics of
manipulators
Marshall Murawu
Characteristics of
manipulation
Hazel Shava
Motivations to
manipulate
Emmanuel Nyamupanda
Manipulation and
mental illnesses
Gugulethu Ncube
1
Characteristics
of
manipulators
How do you know you are dealing
with a manipulative person?
They play dumb. ...
They rationalize their
behavior. ...
They change the subject
often. ...
They tell half-truths. ...
They induce guilt. ...
They insult others. ...
They bully others.
Manipulation and Persuation
World of manipulation
A Manipulator
1. Buttering You
Up
2. Enticement
and rewards
3. Selective
Memory
4. Guilt
5. Withdrawal
Manipulator
2
Characteristics
of
manipulation
Ten signs you are
being manipulated
Common means of manipulation
can be categorized as
Positive
reinforcement
:
Negative
reinforcement
Intermittent or
partial
reinforcement:
●
Positive reinforcement: includes praise, superficial charm,
superficial sympathy (crocodile tears), excessive apologizing,
money, approval, gifts, attention, facial expressions such as a
forced laugh or smile, and public recognition.
●
Negative reinforcement: includes nagging, yelling, the silent
treatment, intimidation, threats, swearing, emotional blackmail,
guilt trips, sulking, crying, and playing the victim, using verbal
abuse, explosive anger, or other intimidating behavior to establish
dominance or superiority; even one incident of such behavior can
condition or train victims to avoid upsetting, confronting or
contradicting the manipulator.
●
Intermittent or partial reinforcement: Partial or intermittent negative
reinforcement can create an effective climate of fear and doubt.
Partial or intermittent positive reinforcement can encourage the
victim to persist.
Manupulators
How to Walk Away
Do not
React
Do not
Respond
Do not
Discuss
Do not
Resuscitate
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Motivation
s to
manipulate
Overview
There are various possible motivations for being manipulative
such as to advance purposes and personal gain,, boredom, or
growing tired of one's surroundings; seeing manipulation as a
game, and covert agendas, criminal or otherwise, including
financial manipulation.
Why do they manipulate?
1. Gain
2. Boos-self esteem
Servival mechanism,
to advance purposes,
and personal gain
5. Financial
including financial
manipulation
4. Mystery
covert agendas,
criminal or otherwise
to attain feelings of
power and superiority
in relationships with
others, to feel in
control, to boost selfesteem
3. Bordem
Growing tired of one's
surroundings; seeing
manipulation as a
game
Manipulation
and
mental
illnesses
Individuals with the following
mental health issues are often
prone to be manipulative:
Marsha M. Linehan
Individuals with the following mental
health issues are often prone to be
manipulative:
Prone to be manipulative
Antisocial
personality
disorder
Borderline
personality
disorder,
Conduct
Disorder
Borderline
Impulse
Histrionic
personality
disorder,
Factitious
disorder
Narcissistic
personality
disorder
It’s
● Personality Disorder is unique in the
grouping as "borderline"
manipulation is characterized as
unintentional and dysfunctional
manipulation.
● Marsha M. Linehan has stated that
people with borderline personality
disorder often exhibit behaviors
which are not truly manipulative, but
are erroneously interpreted as such.
● According to Linehan, these
behaviors often appear as unthinking
manifestations of intense pain, and
are often not deliberate as to be
considered truly manipulative.
● In the DSM-V, manipulation was
removed as a defining characteristic
of borderline personality disorder.
An example of a manipulative relationship.
Love comes when manipulation stops;
when you think more about the other
person than about his or her reactions to
you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully.
When you dare to be vulnerable.
Joyce Brothers
Thank You!
By:
Emmanuel Nyamupanda
Gugulethu Ncube
Marshall Murawa
Hazel Shava