3 May
2011
3 May
'11
7:05 p.m.
The next talk in the CDC seminar series will be given by
Sara Baker, University of Salford
Date: THURSDAY, May 5th, 5 PM (Please note this talk is on a different
day than usual!)
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
Individual differences in the expression of folk physical and folk
psychological knowledge
Abstract: Theories of cognitive development have moved away from the
“one-stop shop” view, according to which a single developmental
mechanism is responsible for change, and towards a “toolkit” view,
whereby domain-general and domain-specific mechanisms interact to
produce the behavior we observe.
Still, a large amount of variability in cognitive development is not
accounted for either in our methods or in our theories. Individual
differences continue to represent a great challenge for the scientific
study of developmental change.
In this talk I will describe experiments which put both intra- and
inter-individual variability at centre-stage. Drawing on examples
from folk physics and folk psychology in 2- to 15-year-old children, I
will discuss some ways in which individual differences contribute to
our understanding of cognitive development.
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