Complaining, Teasing, and Other Annoying Behaviors

Bibliographic Data

ID19934945
AuthorsRobin M Kowalski (0000-0002-9667-3116, Clemson University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages208
Publication date2017-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueComplaining, Teasing, and Other Annoying Behaviors (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherYale University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.12987/9780300128741
OpenAlexW580372938
Open LibraryOL10318896M
ISBN9780300128741
LanguageEN
Citations received6

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, breaches of propriety, worry and reassurance-seeking, lying, and betrayal. She considers the functions of these behaviors, the types of people who are inclined to do them, the consequences for victims and perpetrators, and the ways in which such behaviors might be curtailed. Complaining, Teasing, and Other Annoying Behaviors provides for the first time a multifaceted picture of common annoying behaviors. The book answers these questions and many others: Why do people tease? What are the consequences of annoying behaviors for the people involved? Is there a positive side to irritating behaviors? Are people more likely to lie to those close to them or to strangers? Do excuses and apologies diminish the hurtful effect of unpleasant behaviors? What is the relation of gender and culture to specific annoying acts

Betrayal · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Lying · Worry · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology · Interpersonal conflict · Interpersonal relations