Results: "EASY PEASY"
THIS POLL EXPLORES THE DYNAMICS OF PERSUASION, SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND MANIPULATION THAT PEOPLE MAY ENCOUNTER TODAY. https://thebestvpn.com/statistics/how-many-people-get-scammed-a-day/
1.
1.
IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH OF THESE TACTICS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO MANIPULATE SOMEONE INTO DOING SOMETHING? GUILT-TRIP/MAKING THEM FEEL BAD
10%
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90 votes
FLATTERY, GETS YOU EVERYWHERE/OVER-THE-TOP COMPLIMENTS
12%
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103 votes
PEER PRESSURE, EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT
5%
•
42 votes
PLAYING THE VICTIM TO GET SYMPATHY
4%
•
32 votes
NONE OF THE ABOVE, IT TAKES MORE THAN THIS FOR ME
21%
•
188 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
24%
•
216 votes
ALL OF THE ABOVE
24%
•
214 votes
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2.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MAIN REASON SOME PEOPLE ARE EASILY INFLUENCED OR SWAYED BY OTHERS? THEY'RE PEOPLE-PLEASERS/HATE CONFLICT
16%
•
140 votes
THEY'RE TOO TRUSTING/THINK EVERYONE IS GOOD
11%
•
93 votes
LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE/SELF-DOUBT
8%
•
70 votes
THEY'RE EASILY IMPRESSED/GULLIBLE
8%
•
72 votes
ALL OF THE ABOVE
33%
•
295 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
24%
•
215 votes
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3.
HOW "EASY PEASY" IS IT TO RECOGNIZE A MANIPULATOR/SCAMMER? VERY EASY, I CAN IMMEDIATELY SEE RIGHT THROUGH THEM
16%
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145 votes
SOMEWHAT EASY, I USUALLY CATCH ON, BUT IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
23%
•
202 votes
IT DEPENDS ON WHO, WHAT AND WHY SOMEONE MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO SWAY ME
29%
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257 votes
VERY DIFFICULT, I TEND TO BE EASILY SWAYED AND ONLY CATCH ON AFTER THE FACT, USUALLY WHEN IT'S TOO LATE
6%
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57 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
25%
•
224 votes
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4.
HOW CAN WE PROTECT OURSELVES FROM AN EXPERT MANIPULATOR, CON-MAN SORT? TRUST YOUR GUT FEELINGS/ONE'S INSTINCTS ARE USUALLY ALWAYS RIGHT/STAY ON GUARD
17%
•
150 votes
TAKE YOUR TIME, STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, THINK THINGS OVER/RECOGNIZE THE "RED FLAGS", WALK AWAY AT THE FIRST "RED FLAG"
15%
•
135 votes
VERIFICATION IS EVERYTHING, VERIFY CLAIMS, FACT-CHECK/DOUBLE-CHECK EVERYTHING, DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS
6%
•
56 votes
DO NOT MAKE IMPULSE DECISIONS
6%
•
52 votes
SET STRICT PERSONAL BOUNDARIES, KEEP TO THEM AND IF CROSSED, SAY "NO"...LOUD AND CLEAR!!!
3%
•
24 votes
TALK ABOUT IT, SEEK SOUND ADVISE FROM A TRUSTED FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER (THEY USUALLY SEE WHAT WE DO NOT AND HAVING ANOTHER PAIR OF EYES AND EARS CAN ONLY HELP)
1%
•
8 votes
ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, THEN IT PROBABLY ISN'T
2%
•
21 votes
ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE NECESSARY
26%
•
234 votes
N/A - I'D RATHER NOT SAY
23%
•
205 votes
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