Examined Lives: Shame & Guilt (Session 43)

April 18th, 2024 12pm ET

Examined Lives

Steven P. Gilbert
We will discuss how evolutionary psychology can help us better understand two common and closely related emotions: shame and guilt.

In our next Examined Lives we will discuss how evolutionary psychology can help us better understand two common and closely related emotions: shame and guilt.

Resources can be found below; please read whatever interests you.

Shame - Center for Evolutionary Psychology

When It’s Good to Feel Bad: An Evolutionary Model of Guilt and Apology (pdf)

The biological evolution of guilt, shame and anxiety: A new theory of negative legacy emotions (pdf)