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Reverse Psychology

Posted on May 18, 2008 by maternaturalis

We employ this sometimes with our kids in certain circumstances, and it can work pretty well.  Example:  child’s will is thwarted in some way; child looks upset; parent orders child to “start crying now!”; child brightens up and looks happy.
We’re figuring out that this kind of thing can work on cats as well.  Early on [...]

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