Ignore the undermining behavior completely; just focus on what her good points are.
But if hostile, negative, or undermining behavior is ongoing, and you still have to deal with these people on a regular basis, stick to communicating with them only when you have to without going out of your way to interact with them.
Indeed, instead of undermining ethical behavior, according to some scientists, evolution provides a basis for ethical behavior (see for example Ayala 1987, 2007).
And instead of helping us organize our weeks or keep track of our children or resolve family confusion, they are ruining our lives, undermining civilized behavior, destroying the fine dining experience.
Our review of the literature yielded only one finding that was inconsistent with the hypothesis that a reactive temperament is directly associated with more adverse coparenting: Davis et al. (2009) reported a negative association between temperamental difficulty (see above; father rating at 3.5 months) and observed undermining coparenting behavior (both parents; r = −.33, p < .05).05
These studies suggest that folk beliefs about the causes of illness can promote greater pesticide exposure by undermining protective behaviors such as hand washing and using PPE.
It was a time when the nightly threat of catastrophe undermined rational behavior while offering scope for the release — indeed, the rapturous wholesale discarding — of inhibitions.
"By proposing changes that undermine unethical behavior — directly or indirectly — you will learn quickly how interested the company is in changing," Wrzesniewski said.
He found that, in most cases, incentives and punishments undermined moral behavior.
Briefly, these types of limitations include the following [6]: Framing and informational effects: Where cooperation is "framed" (in the psychologist's sense) as required by regulation or law, and enforced, e.g., by a fine, this may actually undermine cooperative behavior over time.
You may be plagued with indecisiveness or revert to emotional "default" positions forged during childhood, such as submissiveness, rebellion or self-undermining behavior.
