Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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You're a bad person if you don't watch to this episode... Either that or this was just an example of this week's topic, psychological manipulation!


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References & Further Reading
psycnet.apa.org/home
sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/are-we-all-manipulative
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00974/full
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886906004776?via%3Dihub
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-manipulation/
openpsychometrics.org/tests/MACH-IV/1.php
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00454/full
https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/31801
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipulation_(psychology)
worldcat.org/title/991673448
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244020971615
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00454/full
psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/communication-success/201510/14-signs-psychological-and-emotional-manipulation