Reflexive control

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Reflexive control is control someone has over their opponent's decisions by imposing on them assumptions that change the way they act.^[1][2][3]

Methods of reflexive control are widely used in a variety of fields: advertising, public relations, military art, etc.^[4] An example of such a strategy could be a card shark deliberately losing the first games in the game, systematic diversionary attacks on an unimportant area of combat, etc..