Passing Judgment, Terri Apter
Passing Judgment, Terri Apter
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Passing Judgment
Praise and Blame in Everyday Life

Author: Terri Apter

Narrator: Ann Marie Lee

Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/09/2018


Synopsis

Our obsession with praise and blame begins soon after birth. Totally dependent on others, rapidly we learn to value praise and to fear the consequences of blame. Despite outgrowing an infant's dependence, we continue to monitor others' judgments of us—and develop what relational psychologist Terri Apter calls a "judgment meter," which constantly scans people and our interactions with them, registering a positive or negative opinion.

Apter reveals how interactions between parents and children, within couples, and among friends and colleagues are permeated with praise and blame that range far beyond specific compliments and accusations. Drawing on three decades of research, Apter gives us tools to learn about our personal needs, goals, and values; to manage our biases; to tolerate others' views; and to make sense of our most powerful, and often confusing, responses to ourselves and to others.

About Terri Apter

Terri Apter is a writer, psychologist, and retired Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Her nine books include The Sister Knot and What Do You Want from Me? She lives in Cambridge, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon

Solid book. Lots of good perspective shifts along the journey of reading it. I liked the way it was structured, but it did take me a long time to work through.......more

Goodreads review by A

Initially I thought this book would suggest concrete ways to change how I judge people. What I found instead was the book reorients my view of the landscape of praise and blame, helps me reframe the larger context and impact of my thoughts and actions and of others’ towards me.  I particularly recomm......more

I found that this book was a good synopsis of how judgment is used in our daily lives. Judgment often involves praise of actions we find good and blame for actions that we find bad and being provided good examples of positive and negatives uses of both praise and blame is enlightening. Praise and bl......more

Goodreads review by Kalie

As a hyper sensitive person I have found the facts and discoveries introduced in this book helped me dealing my "social anxiety" and distorted self-esteem. Because it made me reexamine my thought process in every emotional encounter with objective curiosity and a growth mindset. I'm very glad with t......more