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Why The Negativity Effect Rules Your Life & What You Never Knew About Liquids

Something You Should Know

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Is Positive Repetition More Effective Than Negative Feedback?

There's a general consensus that positive reinforcement is better than negative feedback. The self esteem movement in the 19 seventies and eighties was one of the sorrier mistakes in the history of psychology. People would rather say nice things tat, it's a lot less tressful when you evaluate someone just to tell them lots of nice things and let it go at that. Is because the criticism is really where people learn.

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