Beziehungen
6 cards from across every topic, each citing a source. Tap one to open it in the feed.
- How a sentence opener defuses an argument.
Thomas Gordon described the I-message in the 1960s: instead of “you never listen” you say “I feel overlooked when I’m …
- How to listen so someone feels understood.
Active listening goes back to Carl Rogers and has three parts. First, full attention – phone away, eye contact. Second …
- How to voice criticism in four steps without attacking.
Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication uses four steps: observation without judgement (“the dishes have been …
- The single behaviour that pushes couples apart most.
John Gottman observed couples in his lab for decades and described four warning signs: criticism, defensiveness …
- They liked the conversation more than you think.
In 2018 Boothby and colleagues had strangers talk, then estimate how much the other person liked them. Nearly everyone …
- You like things simply because you see them often.
Starting in 1968, Zajonc showed that people rate a symbol, face or word more positively the more often they see it – …