Not So Sweet Revenge

Why We Do What We Do

10-07-2024 • 1 hr 10 mins

People often invoke our impulses by referencing the lizard part of our brains. What is this vistigial reptillian cortex that weilds so much power over our most base instincts? We'll unpack what this term is supposed to mean. Further, we explore the evolutionary, psychological, and scientific history of this idea and the "evidence" for it. Join us for a romping good take down.

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Links:
  1. Schumann & Ross (2010). The benfits, cost, and paradox of revenge. Social and Psychology Personality Compass. https://www.pittcorelab.com/uploads/1/1/5/5/115561629/paradox_of_revenge_10.pdf
  2. Uniacke, S. (2000). Why is revenge wrong? Journal of Value Inquiry, 34. 61-69). https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jrnlvi34&div=7&id=&page=
  3. Jackson, J.C.,  et al. (2019). Revenge: A multi-level view and synthesis. Annual Review of Psychology, 70.https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103305. https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103305
  4. Stillwell, A. M., et al. (2010). We’re all victims here: Toward a psychology of revenge. Basic and  Applied Social Psychology, 30(3). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01973530802375094
  5. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/the-complicated-psychology-of-revenge
  6. https://tnsr.org/2017/11/blunt-not-heart-enrage-psychology-revenge-deterrence/
  7. Price, M. (2009, June 1). Revenge and the people who seek it. Monitor on Psychology, 40(6). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/06/revenge
  8. https://www.psychologs.com/the-psychology-behind-revenge/
  9. https://www.scienceofpeople.com/the-psychology-of-revenge/


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