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Psychfags, question:
If one were to anonymously bombard somebody with weird, creepy material with vague messages that are almost threats but not really with repeated references to a single type of subject, would this possibly be able to fuck them up mentally and make them have some kind of paranoia/phobia of said subject? I'm suspicious that it might just be one of those things that only kind of sounds like it might work if you think about it from the perspective of a relative layperson but may not actually be supported by actual principles of psychology. Picture almost unrelated (don't ask).

>> No.2877989

Since you're asking psychologists, you should go to /soc/ or /b/, this place is for science.

>> No.2877988

bump, god dammit

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>>2877988
your bump looks infected, you might want to have it checked out

>> No.2878007

1. In what way is psychology not a science?
2. /b/ is for random threads and /soc/ is for social threads
3. A slightly weaker argument, but a valid one: /sci/ is 4chan's intellectual center and the single place for intelligent conversation.

>> No.2878021

>/sci/ is 4chan's intellectual center and the single place for intelligent conversation.

lol. no.

>> No.2878032

>>2878021
compared to the rest of the boards, at least. I have detected intellectual discussion here and not so much on other boards

>> No.2878042

I don't even understand what you're trying to ask. Can you clarify?

>> No.2878062

>>2878042

I think he's asking how to properly go about stalking somebody

>> No.2878065

>>2878042
So you leave somebody a message, like, say, "beware the dragon" anonymously. Then you subsequently leave them things that indicate dragons (pictures, things that refer to dragons, etc.) for them to find. Assume that this person is rather unintelligent and "weak-minded." Could you seriously at the very least scare the shit out of them, possibly causing some paranoia? I apologize if I sound ignorant, as my knowledge of psychology is based largely upon my own conjectures and popular culture

>> No.2878076

>>2877999
I want to slice that thing open so bad.

>> No.2878096

>>2878065
So you want to leave ominous, vague threats related to some specific "thing." Sure, if you hassle them enough and cause them enough stress, that "thing" would bring nothing but more distress and possibly paranoia.

>> No.2878114

>>2877970
>>2877923

This is a behaviorism question.
And while a lot of people would group behaviorist with psychology. Most behaviorist would say, psychology isn't a science but behaviorism is.

But on the question i don't know. In my only few classes, the same message will get a less results the longer it is used.

>> No.2878113

>>2878096
See, my worry is that while it sounds good just saying it, is it supported by modern psychology's body of research and principles?

>> No.2878119

>>2878114
disregard the second >>

>> No.2878140

>>2878114
Habituation could result. At first, this "thing" would probably cause distress and confusion. If there were no consequence to the "thing," then it's possible that that person would just begin to ignore it. Of course, I think a normal person would freak out about getting messages from a strange stalker before they got to this stage.

>>2878114
Behaviorism is a perspective in the field of psychology.

>> No.2878151

Let me elaborate: you start out with the message, "beware the dragon". You then leave dragon-related imagery in such a way that he wonders who is doing this to him. Then you leave obscure references to dragons, things he'd have to try a bit harder to see the connection and his paranoia, or maybe just curiosity, would drive him to do so. (We assume, again, that this person is unintelligent and "mentally weak".) Also, include possible vague references to some archaic "order of the dragon" or some shit, awaken the conspiracy theorist in him.
>“Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.”—Blaise Pascal
Could this possibly, in theory, cause him to begin seeing dragon references in places where the experimenters had not even intentionally planted them, and just give him some lasting mental issue related to dragons or dragon-related imagery and symbolism?

>> No.2878179

>>2878140
Yeah i think i should have said applied behavior analysis.
Which i think this question is still about.
Of course the goal is still fuzzy.

>> No.2878220

I failed to mention that the experiment may employ increasingly distressing stimuli (gory imagery, dead animals, Satanic symbols[unintelligent & "mentally weak"→religious?]) to be associated with the previously mentioned dragon imagery. This probably has an impact.

>> No.2878285

shameless self bump. A couple of guys and I are planning to do something similar to this in real life, not only as an experiment but because the guy is just an asshole and fucked with the wrong people

>> No.2878311

well, shit

>> No.2878402

This thread is now about psychological warfare. Favorite techniques other than OP's?

>> No.2878416

>>2878402
Call him a nigger

>> No.2878470

>>2878220
My answer would be: depends on the type of person we're talking about.

What type of personality? What temperamental characteristics? Do they have large social support or are more isolated?

Also, "weak minded" doesn't mean you can make them paranoid. Usually the paranoid are inherently distrustful, suspicious, vigilant.

>> No.2878571

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>>2878402
bumpinterest