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A lot of social psychology has studied cultural differences in shame. It turns out that modern Western societies are low on shame-orientation, and primarily "gu
by Ozzie_osman 6y ago
A lot of social psychology has studied cultural differences in shame. It turns out that modern Western societies are low on shame-orientation, and primarily "guilt"-driven, due to being highly individualistic. While many Eastern societies (and historical ones) are shame-driven due to being more collective. I find this article interesting in that context.
- scribu 6y agoIt seems like you're referring to the guilt-shame-fear spectrum. [1] Very interesting! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilt%E2%80%93shame%E2%80%93fear_spectrum_of_cultures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilt%E2%80%93shame%E2%80%93fe...