REMINDER:
as part of the Departmental Colloquium series
by
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.
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We are looking forward to see you there!
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Györgyné Finta (Réka)
Department Coordinator
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Central European University
Department of Cognitive Science
H-1051 Budapest
Oktober 6 utca 7.
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