Peter Gray on Education as a Biological Phenomenon, Learning from Hunter-Gatherers, and Letting Children Lead
Peter Gray, the first psychologist to write an introductory psychology textbook from an evolutionary perspective, experienced a family crisis when his son started to rebel against public school. Findi...
21 Okt 201942min
Elliott Sober on the Origins of Multilevel Selection
One of the high points of David's professional life has been to work with Elliott Sober, Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin...
21 Okt 201935min
Lynette Shaw on Social Constructionism and Finding Academic Common Ground
Phrases such as "social constructivism" and "relativism" signal the importance of symbolic meaning systems in human life. Taken to extremes, they have been used to undermine the authority of science a...
21 Okt 201927min
Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Cultures
Most people think of cultural differences in terms of race, class, nationality, or religion. Michele Gelfand introduces the concept of 'tight" and "loose", which cuts across all of those other categor...
20 Okt 201948min
