The Evolution of Social Psychology, November 7-9, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

3:15-3:45         Welcome and introduction

• Tamar Gendler (Yale, Philosophy and Cognitive Science); Brian Scholl (Yale, Psychology and Cognitive Science); Laurie Santos (Yale, Psychology and Cognitive Science)

3:45-6:00        Primate Moral Cognition I: Prosociality and Inequity Aversion

• Sarah Brosnan (Georgia State, Psychology); Ian Gilby (Harvard, Biological Anthropology); Katherine Cronin (Wisconsin, Psychology); Venkat Lakshminarayanan (Yale, Psychology); Commentary: Joshua Knobe (UNC, Philosophy); Moderator: Stephen Darwall (Yale, Philosophy and Law)
  

Saturday, November 8, 2008

9:00-10:15       Primate Moral Cognition II: Helping

• Felix Warneken (Leipzig, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Developmental and Comparitive Psychology); Jennifer Barnes (Yale, Psychology); Commentary: Matthew Noah Smith (Yale, Philosophy); Moderator: Lori Gruen (Wesleyan, Philosophy and Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies)

10:45-12:00     Primate "System I": Emotion and Unconscious Processing

• Brian Hare (Duke, Biological Anthropology and Anatomy); Richard Byrne (St. Andrews, Psychology); Commentary: John Bargh (Yale, Psychology); Moderator: Stephen Anderson (Yale, Linguistics and Cognitive Science)

12:00-2:00       Lunch

• Pre-registration for lunch required by November 1 [click here]

2:00-4:45         Primate Decision-Making and Irrationality

• Louisa Egan (Northwestern, Kellogg School of Management); Michael Platt (Duke, Neurobiology); Alexandra Rosati (Duke, Biological Anthropology); Daeyeol Lee (Yale, School of Medicine/ Neurobiology and Cognitive Science); Keith Chen (Yale, School of Organization and Management/ Economics and Cognitive Science); Commentary: Don Brown (Yale, Economics); Moderator: Joseph Simmons (Yale, School of Organization and Management/Marketing)

5:15-6:30         Primate In-Group/Outgroup Biases

• David Watts (Yale, Anthropology and Cognitive Science); Neha Mahajan (Yale, Psychology); Commentary: Kristina Olson (Yale, Psychology and Cognitive Science); Moderator: Vivek Sharma (Yale, Political Science)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

9:30-12:00       Primate Theory of Mind

• April Ruiz (St. Andrews, Psychology); Drew Marticorena (Duke, Neuroscience); Laurie Santos (Yale, Psychology and Cognitive Science); Josep Call (Leipzig, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology); Commentary: Rebecca Saxe (MIT, Brain & Cognitive Sciences); Moderator: TBA

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