#  POSTPONED to fall, 2024 - Psychology Dept Colloquium ~ Paul Bloom, PhD, Yale University 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 23, 2024** 

 03:00PM - 04:15PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **William James Hall - Basement Auditorium - B-1**  



 

 



 

 **This Colloquium is postponed to the fall 2024 series ~ Specifics announced soon.**

 [Paul Bloom, Ph.D](https://psychology.yale.edu/people/paul-bloom)., Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Yale University and [Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto](https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/about/glance/new-faculty/2021-22/paul-bloom)

 **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 theories of such perverse actions, including failures of thought suppression, signalling, strategic behaviour, expressions of autonomy, and “hopeful monsters”. Some of these fail to adequately explain perversity, but others are more successful. I suggest that studying perverse actions can tell us interesting things about human nature.



 

 



 

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- [ Cognition, Brain, & Behavior ](/research-areas/cognition-brain-behavior)
- [ Developmental Psychology ](/research-areas/developmental)
- [ Social Psychology ](/research-areas/social)
- [ Attitudes ](/research-themes/attitudes)
 
 

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