In the clip below, Vanessa Hill from BrainCraft explores passive-aggressive behavior, the act of expressing aggression indirectly.

Passive Aggressive is of or denoting a type of behavior or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation, as in procrastinating, pouting, or misplacing important materials. One of the signs of a person being passive aggressive is the silent treatment. In its standard form, the silent treatment consists of completely ignoring another person, refusing to answer any questions from the person, and perhaps even refusing to acknowledge their presence.

BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do. This episode was written by Bahar Gholipour and filmed by Dominique Taylor. Animations by Vanessa Hill.

Watch this if you want, Vanessa doesn’t really care.

Below are more links to episodes of BrainCraft:

How Gaslighting Manipulates Your Mind: https://youtu.be/iqQMS9c0Qfs
Bad Behaviour: A Field Guide | full playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…
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