Sentences with phrase «fewer fear tactics»

Students who said they felt threatened by their teachers» messages that frequently focused on failure reported feeling less motivated and scored worse on the exam than students who said their teacher used fewer fear tactics that they considered less threatening, the study found.

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Reading that the dive reflex is also referred to as the bradycardic response set off a few alarms bells in me, and led me to to an investigation into the safety of the much - promoted tactic of ducking a young baby's head underwater to avoid him or her developing a fear of water.

Mark Lynas, a former anti-GMO activist who now considers GMO fears a «conspiracy theory,» notes that GMO opponents use the same rhetorical tactics beloved of climate deniers: cherry - picking evidence, emphasizing a few dissenting «experts» over the scientific consensus, and attempting to «capture and control the public - policy agenda to enforce its long - held prejudices.»

Every winter fear tactics are used to encourage people to get vaccines to protect themselves from the «dangerous» flu and every few years the news media hypes a new flu scare — swine flu, Asian flu, etc..

But fear not, as there are a few creative tactics you can employ to give your resume a well - designed look that helps it stand out among a sea of Helvetica 12 point devotees.