23. Is It Wrong to Crave Praise?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 18 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Also: should everyone have their own trauma score?

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0:00.0	I'd be sitting in a mud hut and then there'd be a Viking ride up and he'd put a hatchet
0:05.1	through my skull.
0:06.1	I'm Antelod Duckworth.
0:08.1	I'm Stephen Dubner.
0:09.1	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:12.5	Today on the show, how does praise affect the human psyche?
0:16.0	Oh god, your guts are just so great.
0:18.4	Love ya.
0:19.4	Also, how do you measure psychological trauma?
0:22.8	Don't immediately start drinking.
0:24.9	Too late.
0:26.4	Stephen, I have been wondering about praise lately.
0:33.1	I'm teaching undergraduates and at the end of every class, I have them rate me on a scale
0:37.5	from zero total waste of my time to 10.
0:41.3	Can I just say I'm glad you include zero because the scales of one to 10 feel dishonest.
0:46.0	dishonest.
0:47.0	What do you mean why?
0:48.0	It's like, what if I think you're worse than one?
0:49.8	Oh, you want to give people the full range to express themselves.
0:53.5	I would rarely grade someone a total zero, but there is a phrase total zero.
0:57.7	The reason I have it zero to 10 is because it's very clear that a zero is bad.
1:03.6	A one, you're kind of like, yeah, your number one.
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