Steve Gilbert received an M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Northeastern University and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is Board Certified in Counseling Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. In the past, Steve has served as President of the Minnesota Psychological Association and chair of the MPA Ethics Committee. As an administrator and clinician in university counseling centers, he focused on emerging adulthood—a developmental period in which personal values and beliefs are explored and tested.
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving there’s no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. - John Kenneth Galbraith
In evolutionary psychology, life history strategies refer to the ways in which organisms allocate resources to growth, reproduction, and survival.
In this session, Steve Gilbert will lead us in a discussion about "loneliness" and what evolutionary thinking can tell us about it in the modern day.
The initial function of disgust was to avoid exposure to pathogens, but evolved to also regulate our sexual activity, morality and social interactions
We will discuss how evolutionary psychology can help us better understand two common and closely related emotions: shame and guilt.
What can evolutionary science bring to bear on the questions of what self-esteem is and what functions it performs?
How do how humans make decisions under uncertainty?
Misunderstandings & Misconceptions about Evolutionary Psychology (Session 40)
The grandmother hypothesis is an attempt to explain the origins of reproductive senescence in Homo sapiens.
Each month in Examined Lives we have lively discussions about cutting-edge developments in—and applications of—evolutionary thinking.
In our next Examined Lives on Positive Evolutionary Psychology we will explore what evolutionary psychology has to tell us about happiness.