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Steven P. Gilbert

Examined Lives

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.

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Steven P. Gilbert

January 10, 2023

Changing A Belief Means Changing How You Feel: The Role of Emotions in Cognitive Immunology

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

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Steven P. Gilbert

November 16th, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: The Grandmother Hypothesis (Session 39)

The grandmother hypothesis is an attempt to explain the origins of reproductive senescence in Homo sapiens.

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Thursday, July 27th, 12 - 1pm ET

Examined Lives: Adaptive Fictions (Session 34)

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May 25th, 12-1 PM ET

Examined Lives: War (Session 32)

Each month in Examined Lives we have lively discussions about cutting-edge developments in—and applications of—evolutionary thinking.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH, 12-1PM ET / 4-5PM UTC

Examined Lives: The Execution Hypothesis and the Evolution of Morality (Session 31)

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Thursday, March 16th, 12-1pm ET / 4-5pm UTC

Examined Lives: Positive Evolutionary Psychology (Session 30)

In our next Examined Lives on Positive Evolutionary Psychology we will explore what evolutionary psychology has to tell us about happiness.

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