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No, the point is that praise is better, but appears to be worse because you praise exceptional performance and people are unlikely to repeat or exceed that exce
by brazzy 9y ago
No, the point is that praise is better, but appears to be worse because you praise exceptional performance and people are unlikely to repeat or exceed that exceptional performance right away.
- zerostar07 9y agothat doesn't help deciding whether one should prefer praise or scold though , since he says both fall within placebo levels. If he is trying to say that there is more room for improvement from a bad performance, thats kind of obvious but it still means most of the time you will need to scold instead of praise.
- brazzy 9y agoThe evidence for praise being better is completely separate from this whole argument and comes from different sources. The article is about refuting a very misleading interpretation of common experience.