16 Mar
2023
16 Mar
'23
10:57 a.m.
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the following talk by:
Michael Tomasello<https://scholars.duke.edu/person/michael.tomasello>lo>, Duke
University
Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET
Venue: D001-Tiered* (QS Vienna) and Zoom
https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/96941663350?pwd=VEoyVkZkZEpLTnVtcVdCSzV2WGtrUT09
Meeting ID: 969 4166 3350
Passcode: 561210
Chair: Gergely Csibra
Title: Agency and Cognitive Development
Abstract: Modern theories explain children's cognitive development mainly in term of
Bayesian learning. But learning cannot be the whole story or else children could learn
anything at any age - which they cannot. They cannot because their capacities to learn,
think, and cognitively represent the world take place within the context of the human
species' evolved psychological architecture, and this architecture changes in
significant ways over the first years of life. The main organizing principle of this
psychological architecture is agency (including shared agency), and developmental changes
are due to the emergence of different types of agentive architecture over time. In a word:
young infants (below 9 months) cognitively represent and learn about actualities; toddlers
executively represent and learn also about causal, intentional, and logical possibilities;
and preschoolers (over 3 years) metacognitively represent and learn also about normative
necessities. This cognitive-developmental model recognizes the important role of learning,
but at the same time places it in the context of the overall psychological organization of
children at particular development periods.
*Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP
here<https://forms.office.com/e/qkcxWD4FqV> to get access to the lecture hall.
Let BARBU know, please, if you would like to schedule a meeting with the speaker.
Best,
Reka
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