How to Create Obsession Without Being Beautiful

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The video uses a relatable and humorous scenario to explain a complex psychological concept, making it easily digestible and shareable. The visual contrast between the two women and the clear demonstration of cognitive dissonance through the paper crane experiment likely resonated with viewers.

Summary

The video explains the concept of cognitive dissonance by contrasting the behavior of an "angelic" attractive woman with a "devilish" unattractive woman in a dating scenario. It illustrates how people value things more if they put more effort into them, using the example of making a paper crane.

Structure

1Introduction of two women and a man
2The "pretty girl" acts like an angel, catering to the man's needs
3The "ugly girl" acts cunningly, playing hard to get and demanding
4The man ends up with the "ugly girl" due to cognitive dissonance
5Explanation of cognitive dissonance with the paper crane example

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How to Create Obsession Without Being Beautiful (Cognitive dissonance) How the pretty girl acts: Yes, let's gooo! How the ugly girl acts: How it works: (Cognitive dissonance) (ORIGINAL) (ORIGINAL)

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1- How to Create Obsession Without Being Beautiful (Cognitive dissonance) #UK

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Transcript

This man is getting to know this beautiful woman and also this average one, leaning towards unattractive. The pretty one, on the other hand, is an angel. Not only is she beautiful, but she also treats him like a king. If he texts her to go out, she cancels her plans. If he takes her out to dinner, she pays half the bill. When she sends a message, she drops what she's doing and replies immediately. She's perfect. The unattractive one, on the other hand, is more cunning and plays hard to get. She takes a while to reply, sometimes half a day. She never chips in a cent for the bill. And if he doesn't invite her at least a day in advance, she won't agree to go out with him. Most people don't understand how he ends up with the unattractive one who doesn't treat him well. They don't realize that this poor man was a victim of a psychological trick known as cognitive dissonance. The unattractive one does exactly this. If you ask 100 people how much they would pay for this little paper crane, on average, people say $1. Many tell you nothing. Now, if you take another 100 people and tell them make this little paper crane, it takes them about 90 minutes to figure out how to do it and succeed. And you ask them how much they would pay for it, on average, people say $7.