Mind game
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This article is about a psychological term. For other meanings, see Mind Games (disambiguation).
The term mind games refers to passive aggressive behaviour used specifically to demoralize the subject while making the aggressor look superior.
The psychological field of Transactional Analysis, and in particular the Karpman drama triangle, describe and examine mind games from a social and psychological perspective. Broadly the term can be used for any strategy or tactic where covert mental manipulation or creation of coercive pressure of another person, e.g. jenny, is a goal.
This term is also frequently used in connection with psychological tactics employed in high level sport and business. Football manager Sir Alex Ferguson is widely accepted to be a master of mind games though he met his match in Arsène Wenger.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Wenger wins mind games", BBC Sport, 8 May 2002.
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