But when they do it time and time again, it begins to feel
like emotional manipulation rather than good story telling.
Not exact matches
On the one hand,
emotional manipulation has always been at the heart of our cultural artefacts; in fact, we have always lauded the best artists, writers, film - makers, composers and the
like for their seamless skills in moving us and enlarging our horizons.
Many critics will complain about
emotional manipulation, but I share Roger Ebert's view: «Some people
like to be emotionally manipulated.
And parents don't know that our district will be the model for all others — because we do it best — we will collect SSP data in the form of social and
emotional surveys, we will change our curriculum to socially engineer our children with social and
emotional instruction without parents suspecting a thing, we will assess and survey up the wazoo about academics, school climate, cyberbullying, etc. while willing parents stand by, we will enhance our teacher evaluation program and refine it into a well - oiled teacher
manipulation machine, and since our kids would do well no matter what because we have uber - involved parents, it will look
like everything the Administrators are doing at the State's recommendation causes the success.
But Vito -
like Chris Burden and Bruce Nauman - had more obvious
emotional manipulations going on.
Partners who are more avoidant — preferring to steer clear of
emotional closeness and intimacy — are more likely to use strategies
like withdrawal (the least ideal strategy),
manipulation, and mediated communication, and less likely to use open confrontation.
I've written a lot about how interventions
like Social
Emotional Learning can help, but they're not enough (see The
manipulation of Social
Emotional Learning and The Best Articles About The Study Showing Social
Emotional Learning Isn't Enough).
Manipulation often accompanies physical and
emotional abuse, where the person committing the abuse makes the victim feel
like he or she is to blame.
I've written a lot about how interventions
like Social
Emotional Learning can help, but they're not enough (see The
manipulation of Social
Emotional Learning and The Best Articles About...