Psychology Researcher Explains How Trump Used the Illusory Truth Effect

‘As long as you keep repeating something, it doesn't matter what you say’ — Here’s how Donald Trump used the illusory truth effect to alter public opinion and how the media can better tackle false claims without amplifying them.

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[TheHuxleyAgnostic]

The OSS psychological profile of Hitler described his use of the big lie:

His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

[julianaandersson]

I hate listening to him... it's like nails on a chalkboard

[darkmankind]

Those susceptible to illusory correlation show signs of a desire for control, lack of information, stereotyping, prejudice, and emotional states of mind. Anything sound familiar?🤔

[joshdavis]

Time for some to wake up and learn some truths, one of which is that psychological manipulation _is real_ and _surprisingly easy_ .

[einienj]

He is horrible at it.. I have never believed a single effing word..

[mytruecrimelibrary]

Yeah, we all have known this about Trump for decades.

[nickmansonmusic]

So glad that we are nearly finished with tRump! Biden/Harris 2024!!! Vote Blue No Matter Who until maga is through!!!

[debrajames]

Trump is about to get ALL the ATTENTION that he ever wanted, plus more.📺🧑‍⚖️🔐👮‍♂️😆

[chuckragland]

We have some perfect examples of what she is talking about in the comments.

[richardpohl]

The effect also occurs for the truth. We can overcome Trump’s repeated lies by constantly exposing less engaged voters to the truth!

[stevewarwick]

"We're gonna win so much, your heads would spin!" 🤣

[lovewins-]

Hes a very sick man. No, I don't feel sorry for this psychopath !

[idarthcadeus]

GO TO JAIL .... CROOK !!!! Infinite Repeat.

[bencooper]

We already knew this but its nice to have professionals and experts weigh in and prove it

[godsgoodnessandgrace]

I pray all who are deceived by the channel will be saved

[cwhtvck]

Literally main stream media every night “this is extremely dangerous for our democracy” 😂😂😭

[j.r.]

Very important point. Hopefully more and more people will see through this!

[CBMOA]

The supporters of Trump will hate this fact

[markartist]

The scary part is that there are soo many people who cannot understand and see this dynamic at work in the current campaign.

[leahs.]

The Illusory Truth Effect is real! In the last year or so I resigned myself to listen to the worst of the worst, Tucker Carlson, Fox News, even Ben Shapiro. But they rarely talked about Trump and when they did it wasn't in the best of light. They disagreed with him and sometime outright challenged and opposed him. But yet everyone around me constantly discussed and talked about how evil Trump is. I didn't understand how his opponents could constantly talk about him, yet his supposed allies couldn't care less about him. It was then I realized that the Illusory Truth Effect can go both ways.