[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] CogSci CEU Departmental Colloquium: November 30, Wednesday: David Pietraszewski: Towards a mechanistic account of the psychology of groups: Basic theoretical models and empirical tests of the psychology underlying racial categorization.

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk as part of the Departmental Colloquium series by David Pietraszewski<https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/staff/david-pietraszewski>, Max-Planck Institute Host: Christophe Heintz When: November 30, Wednesday, at 5 pm in Oktober 6 street 7, 1st floor, room 101. Title: Towards a mechanistic account of the psychology of groups: Basic theoretical models and empirical tests of the psychology underlying racial categorization. Abstract: The cognitive revolution can be understood as a commitment to describing psychological processes as mechanistically as possible, without intervention from an intentional agent or homunculus. This talk presents an overview of a research program committed to describing the psychology of groups in this way. Two primary veins of research will be described: First, a body of work will be presented that suggests we may have discovered the function of the cognitive mechanisms responsible for producing the phenomenon of racial categorization. Second, a task analysis will be presented that describes the invariances of n-person conflict and suggests a way to define the construct "group" in purely mechanistic terms. Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 street 7, room 101. See more at: https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2016-11-30/departmental-colloquium-… We are looking forward to see you there! Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events Györgyné Finta (Réka) Department Coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Central European University Department of Cognitive Science H-1051 Budapest Oktober 6 utca 7. tel: (36-1) 887-5138 fax: (36-1) 887-5010 http://www.ceu.edu http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu