REMINDER:
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to the following talk by:
Josh
Rottman<https://www.fandm.edu/josh-rottman>an>, Franklin and Marshall College, US
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Time: 4 pm (to 5:30 pm) CET
Venue: Room QS B511 (Mind the new location, please)and Zoom:
https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/93685657805?pwd=NTYwRWRkV2hneHMraGRiSzc2dWp0Zz09&…
Meeting ID: 936 8565 7805
Passcode: 294427
Chair: Oana Stanciu
Title: Do children's and adults’ epistemic tendencies cultivate echo chambers?
Children are selective learners who prioritize testimony from ingroup members and who are
prone to conform to group norms. While these dispositions are generally adaptive, they
have the potential to exacerbate closed epistemic systems in which preexisting beliefs are
amplified while opposing beliefs are discredited. Furthermore, these biases might be
reflectively endorsed in some situations. I will begin this talk with a short overview of
how selective social learning tends to unfold, after which I will turn to focus on two new
studies exploring children’s and adults’ evaluations of whether others ought to pursue
accuracy motives or social motives in intergroup contexts. My findings indicate that
children value curiosity and belief updating even when these processes threaten to
contravene ingroup identities, thus suggesting that echo chambers are not reflectively
desired. However, this clear valuation of truth-seeking becomes more nuanced as children
mature into adults with strong allegiances to ideologically-defined ingroups. I will
conclude the talk by discussing implications for modern tendencies toward belief
polarization.
*Anyone not affiliated with CEU wishing to attend in-person in Vienna must RSVP
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Best,
Reka
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