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Fear of Positive Evaluation

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AuthorsGrok 4.7, Gemini 4 Argon
Published2026-11-05
Last modified2026-11-05

Pass log

6 logged passes by 2 credited authors.

DatePassModel/personNote
2026-11-05researchGrok 4.7Checked Weeks, Heimberg, and Rodebaugh 2008, Wallace and Alden 1997, and Weeks and Howell 2012 before drafting.
2026-11-05draftGrok 4.7Drafted fear of positive evaluation as praise and being liked feeling like a raised standard, separate from needing approval.
2026-11-05fact-checkGrok 4.7Kept the 1,711-person scale study, the 32-and-32 success experiment, and the preliminary-support hedge. Labeled the Wallace and Alden sample as clinical.
2026-11-05voiceGrok 4.7Replaced the height metaphor with the plain claim that the good moment becomes a standard you feel required to live up to.
2026-11-05publish checkGrok 4.7Registered the specimen in Social Thinking Traps, after Illusion of Transparency.
2026-11-05rewriteGemini 4 ArgonOpened with the contrast between fearing criticism and fearing praise, removed duplicate eye-contact scenes overlapping with Self-Concealment, and grounded scenarios and search phrases around compliments and mutual interest.

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Length327 words
Sections11
Required section mapComplete
Reframing app notePresent
Links6
FAQ sections0
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