Words to the effect of “that’s not how I meant it” or “people make mistakes” invalidate the feelings of the other party. Regardless of your intent, acknowledge your culpability for the outcome. Otherwise, your apology is not productive. Passive-aggressive tone You might also feel angry ...
As one example [28], passive aggressive personality can be formulated as a process in which the perception of exploitative dominance by others leads to an angry affect, which triggers a motivational conflict between agency and communion that is resolved via noncompliant behavior. This behavior then...
This is another example of an overly informal sign-off that is better said in person than over email. 9Hope that makes sense This sign-off can also be considered passive-aggressive, as it implies that any misunderstanding is on the recipient’s part rather than due to your communication skil...
oxide layer of the passive film is an n-type defect semiconductor, the passive current density is a positive quantity that is a function of pH, temperature, and flow velocity, and may also be a function of aggressive species in the solution (e.g., Cl−), but is independent of ...
The Silent, Destructive Power of the Passive-Aggressive Child: An Analogy for the Classroom Teacherdoi:10.1080/05544246.1989.9944808Nicholas J. LongThe Pointer
Top 6 passive aggressive phrases in English When to use passive voice In addition to wanting to emphasize the action instead of the agent, there are two other key areas where we use passive voice in English. Scientific writing Scientific writing is the most common place that you’ll find pass...
Either worker cooperatives arrangements or neo-fuedal arrangements are the likely models for organizing and conducting human activity that will step into the vacuum created by the demise of catabolic capitalism. We can remain passive and permit the carnage that accompanies economic collapse, or we ...
The self-control model of depression suggests depressive symptoms to derive from distorted self-monitoring, dysfunctional self-evaluation and reduced self-reward as well as increased self-punishment. Building on this model a relationship between self-directed passive-aggressive behaviour, that is, harmful...
Design of Interview Contents. Taking interviews in the Chinese cultural context as an example, we designed three types of interview training content for college students: company interviews, civil service examination interviews, and national entrance examination for postgraduate (NEEP) interviews. The civ...
Aggressors in the workplace also use more “passive-aggressive” tactics such as ignoring the victim when he/she talks, not responding to the victim’s emails or phone calls, not giving the victim important information needed to perform their tasks, not inviting the victim to meetings he/she...