Steve P. Gilbert
Steve Gilbert received an M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Northeastern University and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is Board Certified in Counseling Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. In the past, Steve has served as President of the Minnesota Psychological Association and chair of the MPA Ethics Committee. As an administrator and clinician in university counseling centers, he focused on emerging adulthood—a developmental period in which personal values and beliefs are explored and tested.
Authored by
Steve P. Gilbert
January 10, 2023
Changing A Belief Means Changing How You Feel: The Role of Emotions in Cognitive Immunology
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving there’s no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Events with
Steve P. Gilbert
October 17th, 2024 12-1pm ET
Examined Lives: Gossip (Session 49)
Gossip, often seen as trivial or negative, may have played a critical role in human survival and social cohesion.
September 26th, 12-1pm ET
Examined Lives: Live Fast, Die Young: Slow vs Fast Life History Strategies (Session 48)
In evolutionary psychology, life history strategies refer to the ways in which organisms allocate resources to growth, reproduction, and survival.
July 18th, 12-1pm
Examined Lives: Lonelineness (Session 46)
In this session, Steve Gilbert will lead us in a discussion about "loneliness" and what evolutionary thinking can tell us about it in the modern day.
May 16th 2024, 12-1pm ET (11-12 CT)
Examined Lives: Disgust (Session 44)
The initial function of disgust was to avoid exposure to pathogens, but evolved to also regulate our sexual activity, morality and social interactions
April 18th, 2024 12pm ET
Examined Lives: Shame & Guilt (Session 43)
We will discuss how evolutionary psychology can help us better understand two common and closely related emotions: shame and guilt.
February 15th, 2024 12-1pm ET
Examined Lives: Self-Esteem (Session 41)
What can evolutionary science bring to bear on the questions of what self-esteem is and what functions it performs?
January 18th, 2024 12-1pm ET
Examined Lives: Judgment under Uncertainty (Session 40)
How do how humans make decisions under uncertainty?
December 21st, 12-1pm ET
Examined Lives: Misunderstandings & Misconceptions about Evolutionary Psychology (Session 39)
Misunderstandings & Misconceptions about Evolutionary Psychology (Session 40)
November 16th, 12-1pm ET
Examined Lives: The Grandmother Hypothesis (Session 38)
The grandmother hypothesis is an attempt to explain the origins of reproductive senescence in Homo sapiens.
Thursday, July 27th, 12 - 1pm ET
Examined Lives: Adaptive Fictions (Session 34)
May 25th, 12-1 PM ET
Examined Lives: War (Session 32)
Each month in Examined Lives we have lively discussions about cutting-edge developments in—and applications of—evolutionary thinking.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH, 12-1PM ET / 4-5PM UTC
Examined Lives: The Execution Hypothesis and the Evolution of Morality (Session 31)
Thursday, March 16th, 12-1pm ET / 4-5pm UTC
Examined Lives: Positive Evolutionary Psychology (Session 30)
In our next Examined Lives on Positive Evolutionary Psychology we will explore what evolutionary psychology has to tell us about happiness.