PSYC 423 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Emo, Eval, Mecha
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Reading guide for self-conscious emotions and social functioning by tangney and dearing. The first point i want to raise though is that they do not distinguish between acute and chronic shame and guilt. In the first excerpt, just focus on the empirical studies of shame versus guilt experiences. *no diff btwn shame and guilt on degree to which they blamed my actions and beh vs blamed my personality and my self. **shame and guilt = distinct emos they don"t differ much in content or structure of the sits that engender them but rather in the manner in which ppl construe self-relevant neg events. Table key similarities and diffs btwn shame & guilt more desire of hiding from others when feeling shame vs guilt. In the second excerpt, focus on the empirical studies of shame and guilt in psychopathology. This second part is on chronic shame and guilt.