https://intellectwiki.com/tags/resistance/ Recent content in Resistance on IntellectWiki Hugo en https://intellectwiki.com/concepts/law-of-defensiveness/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://intellectwiki.com/concepts/law-of-defensiveness/ <h1 id="law-of-defensiveness">Law of Defensiveness</h1> <h2 id="definition">Definition</h2> <p>People resist change when their self‑opinion (autonomy, intelligence, goodness) feels threatened; confirming these self‑views reduces resistance.</p> <h2 id="how-to-apply-case-study">How to Apply (Case Study)</h2> <p>A manager wants a team to adopt a new workflow.</p> <ol> <li><strong>Validate Autonomy:</strong> Ask team members to suggest improvements themselves.</li> <li><strong>Confirm Intelligence:</strong> Praise the group’s analytical abilities before presenting data.</li> <li><strong>Affirm Goodness:</strong> Highlight past successes as evidence of collective virtue.</li> </ol> <h2 id="practical-example-parenting">Practical Example (Parenting)</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Step 1 – Listen First:</strong> When a child protests a new bedtime, ask them how they think the schedule could work for them.</li> <li><strong>Step 2 – Praise Insight:</strong> Acknowledge their thoughtful suggestions, reinforcing their sense of competence.</li> <li><strong>Step 3 – Offer Choice:</strong> Give two acceptable bedtime options, preserving autonomy and reducing push‑back.</li> </ul> <h2 id="origins">Origins</h2> <p>Derived from Greene’s integration of social psychology and the “three universals” of self‑opinion, detailed in <em>The Concise Laws of Human Nature</em>.</p>