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Scared of Raising Your Hand in Class? Here’s How to Boost Your Self Confidence

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How many times have you kept quiet when you knew the answer to a question? Then how did it feel when somebody else answered with the right answer and received praise? It’s not unusual to avoid answering questions in front of others because you are too shy or too afraid of being wrong. It might

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Turns out the naughty step works: Punishment is better than reward at changing behaviour, study finds

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This suggests that while rewards could change behaviour, it depended on the size of the reward being offered, while punishments of any size seemed to have a greater effect.  It seems disciplinarians may have been right after all – the stick really is more effective than the carrot. Psychologists have found that people are more

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