If one takes appropriate action, one receives praise

Page 117. If one takes appropriate action, one receives praise. If one takes inappropriate action, one receives punishment. Adler was very critical of education by reward and punishment. It leads to mistaken lifestyles in which people think if no one is going to praise me, I won’t take appropriate action, and if no one is going to punish me, I’ll engage in inappropriate actions too.

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