Subliminal teaching and training methods - Seeking Links / Resources

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Any "Covers" have info or links re- subliminal teaching and training methods??
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Golly, Wallace. What brought that up?
As I recall, most of the concepts about subliminal advertising, etc. were debunked long ago. Are you looking for proof it works or proof of debunking?
 
Wes Bucey said:
Golly, Wallace. What brought that up?
As I recall, most of the concepts about subliminal advertising, etc. were debunked long ago. Are you looking for proof it works or proof of debunking?

I got drawn into an interesting converation with a notable trainer (Will remain unamed), who suggested subliminal watermarks on printed materials were shown to be effective.
I questioned her stand, and here we are. I'm not particullarly knowledgable regarding this subject at all, thus this thread.
Wallace.
 
Wallace:

For a real, no hocus pocus, discussion of the subject, see Vance Packard's Hidden Persuaders.

I did a paper on the subject of subliminal learning/advertising in college. I ended up calling it Subliminal Sophistry, which should give you a clue how I ended up feeling about it. Here's a short synopsis.

The movie theater story is bunk, and the device used regularly malfunctioned. That said, instead of making people want to drink, say, Coke, there is some evidence that if there is a predisposition towards something, the use of subliminal stimuli can successfully encourage certain types of behavior. If someone is a little thirsty, they may be a little quicker to drink water.

There are different types of subliminal stimuli, and we all send/receive subliminal messages that we do not know that we are sending or deciphering. An excellent example of this is body language.

I remember this paper because it was one of the most interesting things I have ever studied, and the paper got an A, with a mention by the professor in class, not because of my writing ability, but because the subject is just so interesting. What an amazing thing is the human mind.
 
I have studied NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programing) for a few years now and, There does seem to be a correlation between non verbal communications and motivation.
The subliminal aspect (If it is real) would indeed be interesting yet, I am a sceptic by nature.
Wallace.
 
subliminal ads

Certainly we are all familar with the subliminal ads that run in movies and television. For example during a chase scene in a movie and you see the rear end of a Ford or a Chevy or Jag. Or the scene is in the bar and were treated to a bottle of "BUD" on the bar. IMHO this is not happen stance but planned ahead of time.
How many of you remember the Coca-Cola subliminal on television back in the 50's. Somehow Coca-Cola figured a way to flash a "Coke Sign" every so many scans on the TV. The viewers could not consciously see the ad but nationally Coke sales soared. If I recall It was eventually found out and somesort of government regulation put and end to all such ads. Thats as much as I recall about it perhaps another "cover" has a better memory?
 
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