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Complaining, Teasing, and Other Annoying Behaviors

Robin M. Kowalski

Everyone has teased, nagged, betrayed, or lied to another person. Likewise, everyone has been the unfortunate object of such unpleasant behaviors. In this intriguing book, social psychologist Robin M. Kowalski examines the intricacies of six annoying interpersonal behaviors: complaining, teasing, br...

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It was discussed in relation to the different reasons why people complain, using Angela's experience with her daughter's coffee cup as an example.

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Robin Kowalski...wrote a book in 2003 called Complaining, Teasing, and Other Annoying Behaviors

— Episode: 60. Why Do We Complain?

Episode: 60. Why Do We Complain?

It was discussed in relation to the different reasons why people complain, using Angela's experience with her daughter's coffee cup as an example.

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Robin Kowalski...wrote a book in 2003 called Complaining, Teasing, and Other Annoying Behaviors

And what I found interesting is she describes the variety of reasons that people complain and I'd like you to maybe think about your coffee cup encounter in the context of this and maybe we can broaden the context a little bit because she argues there are at least five easily recognized functions that complaining serves: venting feelings for catharsis

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