Is the Self Esteem Organized, or Organized for What?

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Daniel Sznycer about the theoretical and empirical data on anger and shame. They discuss the recalibration theory of anger and the place of social valuation of anger. They also mention some of the recent cross-cultural finding of anger. They discuss the global self in how shame is defined. They talk about the other-dependent aspects of shame and the attributional theory of shame. They also explore how much pride impacts shame. 

Daniel Sznycer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Oklahoma State University (OSU) and is principal Investigator of his own lab at OSU. His main research areas are on the evolutionary nature of emotions, morals, and value computation. You can find his research here and also here. Twitter: @dsznycer