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is a persuasion technique involving the advocacy of a belief or behavior that is opposite to the one desired, with the expectation that this approach will encourage the subject of the persuasion to do what is desired: the opposite of what is suggested. This technique relies on the psychological phenomenon of reactance, in which a person has a negative emotional response in reaction to being persuaded, and thus chooses the option which is being advocated against. Reverse psychology is often used on children due to their lack of psychological understanding and higher rate of reactance. Reverse psychology can also prey on a person's ego, as when it is used, it can make the target feel incompetent; effectively persuading the person to perform the desired action. There are numerous examples of reverse psychology in fiction and cinema, including the well-known Looney Tunes cartoon "Rabbit Fire", where Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are each trying to convince Elmer Fudd it's the hunting season for the other species and not their own. After a back-and-forth with Bugs proclaiming "Duck season!" and Daffy "Rabbit season!", Bugs switches to say "Wabbit (rabbit) season!", to which Daffy begins saying "Duck season!"—even going to far as to exclaim "I say it's duck season, and I say fire!" Also in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Mark Antony uses reverse psychology to get the towns people to cause a mob.
In fiction Examples of reverse psychology are present in various stories and cartoons. In one of Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus stories, Br'er Rabbit escapes from Br'er Fox by repeatedly pleading "Please, Br'er Fox, don't fling me in that briar patch." The fox does so, allowing the rabbit to escape. Reverse psychology occurs several times on The Simpsons. In the season 3 episode "Saturdays of Thunder", Homer has a conversation with his brain after reading a passage in Bill Cosby's parental-advice book Fatherhood: Homer's Brain: Don't you get it? You've gotta use reverse psychology. Homer: That sounds too complicated. Homer's Brain: OK, don't use reverse psychology. Homer: All right, I will!
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