Episode 132: Emotional Willpower (with David DeSteno)
Very Bad Wizards
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The Role of Pride in Self-Control
P pride is really a social emotion in the sense that what often what we're proud of are things that other people around us see as something important. You see this with kids all the time, you know, how you shape their behavior. And those are the things they internalize as being worthwhile. So for us, I would argue, pride historically served the function of making people want to develop skills that made them valuable to others.
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