Axiomempiricalv1
Behavior-focused negative self-evaluation is psychologically
Behavior-focused negative self-evaluation is psychologically distinct from identity-focused negative self-evaluation.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is Tangney's empirical distinction between guilt and shame — a foundational finding about how self-evaluative emotions target different aspects of self. This is not derivable from other axioms; it is a discovered fact about emotional structure.