Developmental Psychology

2023 Oct 13

Harvest Day - October 13, 1 - 3 PM

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

William James Hall - Basement Auditorium- B-1

The Psychology Department's annual Harvest Day is an informative, fun afternoon of presentations by the faculty describing their research. It will be held in William James Hall B-1 (Basement Auditorium) from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M., with a reception following in the lounge.  

Presenters include: Professors Steven Pinker, Sam Gershman, Elizabeth Spelke, Tomer Ullman, Jesse Snedeker, Fiery Cushman (presenting on behalf of the DIB Committee), Randy Buckner, and Matt Nock.

2024 Apr 23

Psychology Dept Colloquium ~ Paul Bloom, PhD, Yale University

3:00pm to 4:15pm

Location: 

William James Hall - Basement Auditorium - B-1

Paul Bloom, Ph.D., Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Yale University and Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto

Topic: "PERVERSE ACTIONS"

Abstract: We occasionally act in ways that are wrong—morally or otherwise—at least partially because of the wrongness, as when we break a rule just for the sake of breaking it. I explore...

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Joe Henrich

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Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
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2023 Feb 28

Psychology Dept Colloquium - Celeste Kidd, Ph.D. ~ U. of California, Berkeley

3:00pm to 4:15pm

Location: 

William James Hall, Basement Auditorium, B-1

Celeste Kidd, Ph.D., Assistant Professsor, University of California, Berkeley

 

Talk title: “How to Know”
Abstract:  This talk will discuss Kidd’s research about how people come to know what they know. The world is a sea of information too vast for any one person to acquire entirely. How then do people navigate the information overload, and how do their decisions shape their knowledge and beliefs? In this talk, Kidd will discuss research from her lab about the core cognitive systems people use to guide their learning about the...

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2020 Sep 25

Harvest Day

1:00pm

Location: 

Hosted online via ZOOM video conferencing.

Fun and Informative afternoon of brief presentations by our faculty describing their Research.

Sponsored by the Department of Psychology.

2019 Apr 29

LDS Seminar Series

1:30pm

Location: 

WJH 1305
Simge Topaloglu (First Year Talks)
2019 Apr 22

LDS Seminar Series

1:30pm

Location: 

WJH 1305
Maggie Kandel + Akshita Srinivasan (First Year Talks)

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