This makes perfect sense. There&#x27;s a huge evolutionary advantage in calling attention to a bad actor (someone behaving in a way not advantageous to the tribe), because that person will either change, or be expelled from the group, or killed, which helps the group. However praising someone just makes them feel good, and is not a real motivator. Humans evolved to be violent and critical, because the tribes that didn&#x27;t have that attribute got killed off, conquered, or died of starvation during hard times.