Also: should everyone have their own trauma score?
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I'm Steven Dubner and you're listening to.
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How does praise affect the human psyche?
Oh, God, your guts are just so great.
Love ya.
Also, how do you measure psychological trauma?
Don't immediately start drinking too late.
Steven, I have been wondering about praise lately.
I'm teaching undergraduates and at the end of every class I have them rate me on a scale from zero, total waste of my time to ten.
Can I just say, I'm glad you include zero?
Because scales of one to ten feel dishonest.
Dishonest?
What do you mean?
Why?
It's like, what if I think you're worse than one?
Oh, you want to give people the full range to express themselves.
I would rarely grade someone a total zero, but there is a phrase, total zero.
The reason I have it zero to ten is because it's very clear that a zero is bad.