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Criticism often has a more profound and lasting impact than praise. Praise, many of us believe, is often “phony” and may be motivated by a desire to manipulate, to win some concession, or merely to maintain the flow of conversation in a socially acceptable manner. “She just said that to be nice.” “I bet you say that to all the girls.”
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Joseph, R. (1992). Love, Criticism, Sex, and Abuse. In: The Right Brain and the Unconscious. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5996-6_14
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