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On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture?
Shame and disgust are believed to be evolved psychological solutions to different adaptive challenges. Shame is thought to promote the maintenance of social hierarchies (Gilbert, 1997; Fessler, 2004), whereas disgust is believed to encourage disease avoidance (Curtis et al., 2004; Oaten et al., 2009...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7040959/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32132907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00019 |
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author | Terrizzi Jr., John A. Shook, Natalie J. |
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description | Shame and disgust are believed to be evolved psychological solutions to different adaptive challenges. Shame is thought to promote the maintenance of social hierarchies (Gilbert, 1997; Fessler, 2004), whereas disgust is believed to encourage disease avoidance (Curtis et al., 2004; Oaten et al., 2009). Although shame and disgust are often treated as orthogonal emotions, they share some important similarities. Both involve bodily concerns, are described as moral emotions, and encourage avoidance of social interaction. The purpose of the current research was to examine whether shame is uniquely related to disgust and pathogen avoidance. To rule out an association due to the negative valence of both emotions, guilt was also examined. In Study 1, disgust sensitivity and fear of contamination were positively correlated with shame, but not guilt, even after controlling for negative affect. In Study 2, a disgust induction increased shame, but not guilt, for individuals who were sensitive to disgust. The current research provides preliminary evidence for unique relation between shame and disgust. |
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spelling | pubmed-70409592020-03-04 On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture? Terrizzi Jr., John A. Shook, Natalie J. Front Behav Neurosci Behavioral Neuroscience Shame and disgust are believed to be evolved psychological solutions to different adaptive challenges. Shame is thought to promote the maintenance of social hierarchies (Gilbert, 1997; Fessler, 2004), whereas disgust is believed to encourage disease avoidance (Curtis et al., 2004; Oaten et al., 2009). Although shame and disgust are often treated as orthogonal emotions, they share some important similarities. Both involve bodily concerns, are described as moral emotions, and encourage avoidance of social interaction. The purpose of the current research was to examine whether shame is uniquely related to disgust and pathogen avoidance. To rule out an association due to the negative valence of both emotions, guilt was also examined. In Study 1, disgust sensitivity and fear of contamination were positively correlated with shame, but not guilt, even after controlling for negative affect. In Study 2, a disgust induction increased shame, but not guilt, for individuals who were sensitive to disgust. The current research provides preliminary evidence for unique relation between shame and disgust. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7040959/ /pubmed/32132907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00019 Text en Copyright © 2020 Terrizzi and Shook. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Behavioral Neuroscience Terrizzi Jr., John A. Shook, Natalie J. On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture? |
title | On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture? |
title_full | On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture? |
title_fullStr | On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture? |
title_full_unstemmed | On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture? |
title_short | On the Origin of Shame: Does Shame Emerge From an Evolved Disease-Avoidance Architecture? |
title_sort | on the origin of shame: does shame emerge from an evolved disease-avoidance architecture? |
topic | Behavioral Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7040959/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32132907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00019 |
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