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SUMMARY:Louise Barrett - Primates\, Plasticity and (Un)predictability: A Pragmatic View of Social Evolution
DESCRIPTION:Louise Barrett: University of LethbridgePrimates are known for their large brains\, behavioural flexibility and cognitive complexity. These\, in turn\, are argued to have been selected for by the complexity of the social environment. The interesting thing is that no one quite knows what social and cognitive complexity actually are\, and our attempts at conceptualising primate social life are often anthropocentric and “logomorphic”. Here\, using both empirical data from vervet monkeys and baboons\, along with recent work in radical enactivism and embodied cognitive science\, I discuss ways in which we can think about plasticity\, complexity and social life in ways that do justice to evolutionary continuity\, but don’t require primates and other animals to just be hairier\, less talkative versions of ourselves. This in turn has implications for how we think about our own evolution\, and what we talk about when we talk about “minds”.
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/louise-barrett-primates-plasticity-and-unpredictability-a-pragmatic-view-of-social-evolution/
CATEGORIES:2018,Past Presentation,Presentation
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SUMMARY:Michele Gelfand - Tight or Loose: A Fractal Pattern of Human Difference
DESCRIPTION:Michele Gelfand: University of Maryland Over the past century\, we have explored the solar system\, split the atom\, and wired the Earth\, but somehow\, despite all of our technical prowess\, we have struggled to understand something far more important: our own cultural differences. Observing the wide variety of cultural permutations\, people assumed for centuries that there were as many explanations for these permutations and rifts as there were examples of them. But what my research has uncovered is that many cultural differences reflect a simple\, but often invisible distinction: The strength of social norms. Tight cultures have strong social norms and little tolerance for deviance\, while loose cultures have weak social norms and are highly permissive. The tightness or looseness of social norms turns out to be a Rosetta Stone for human groups. Using field\, experimental\, computational\, and neuroscience methods\, I’ve found similar patterns of difference across nations\, states\, organizations\, and social class. Tight-loose is also a global fault line: many of the conflicts we encounter spring from the structural stress of tight-loose tension. By unmasking culture to reveal tight-loose dynamics\, we can see fresh patterns in history\, illuminate some of today’s most puzzling trends and events\, and see our own behavior in a new light. At a time of intense political conflict and rapid social change\, this template shows us that there is indeed a method to the madness\, and that moderation – not tight or loose extremes – has never been more needed.
URL:https://bec.ucla.edu/event/michele-gelfand-tight-or-loose-a-fractal-pattern-of-human-difference/
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