Episode 89: Shame on You (with Jennifer Jacquet)
Very Bad Wizards
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The Difference Between Shame and Embarrassement
Embarrassment is the kind of natural display that they show when they're being excessively complemented So there are even ways to sort of examine this in kids I describe, like if you have toilet paper on your shoe You might even blush. But embarrassment typically is about a kind of transgression That is not moral in character so maybe it's better as a way of defining embarrassment Than it is a way of define shame. Cross-cultural differences in shame and how often people experience shame can be striking. In individualistic societies like our own guilt has replaced shame for us because we're alone all the time in the dark or whatever It's just one thing after another.
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