Television
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Featured in Scientific American Frontiers “Chimps R Us"
Link: http://video.pbs.org/video/1335008495/ In "Chimp Minds," Alan Alda describes two different experiments designed to demonstrate chimpanzees' ability to think abstractly. At the Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation in Wauchula, FL, psychologist David Bjorklund tests two young chimps for their ability to think abstractly. Bjorklund and his colleagues present the chimps with objects paired up in such a way that tests the animals' expectations. For instance, the chimps are first shown a stuffed blackbird being stroked like a real bird, then a stuffed blackbird being used like a screwdriver. Immediately, the chimps recognize something is "off" about the screwdriver blackbird. The carefully controlled tests eventually trip up six-year-old Noelle, but not Grub, who demonstrates that, by age nine, chimps have a solid concept about the way things should be. 04/12/2001. |
Web Presentations
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Part 1:
Bjorklund, D. F. “The function of belief and theory of mind.” In S. M. Platek, Evolution: This view of life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=noSTM1GVioQ, October 4, 2011, EvolutionTVOL. |
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Part 2: Bjorklund, D. F. “The function of belief and theory of mind.” In S. M. Platek, Evolution: This view of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zzk_0TiGq8 October 16, 2011, EvolutionTVOL. |
Web Seminars
Darwin Meets Piaget: Incorporating Evolutionary Psychology in the Teaching of Developmental PsychologyEvolutionary developmental psychology is the study of the genetic and ecological mechanisms that govern the development of social and cognitive competencies common to all human beings and the epigenetic (gene-environment interactions) processes that adapt these competencies to local conditions. The basic assumptions and domains of this emerging field, as related to human life history and social and cognitive development, are outlined, as are implications for issues of importance in contemporary society. 10/02/2011Link: http://cengagesites.com/academic/?site=5100&SecID=4297
The Adaptive Value of Immaturity
David Bjorklund examines human psychological development from an evolutionary perspective and propose that some aspects of developmental immaturity have been selected for their adaptive value either for individuals at a specific time in development (ontogenetic adaptations) or as preparation for adulthood (deferred adaptations). He reviews research and theory on the possible adaptive role of immaturity in human development that may foster the development of sensory systems, learning/education, and caretaking by adults. 02/24/2011
Link: http://cengagesites.com/academic/?site=5100&SecID=4297
The Adaptive Value of Immaturity
David Bjorklund examines human psychological development from an evolutionary perspective and propose that some aspects of developmental immaturity have been selected for their adaptive value either for individuals at a specific time in development (ontogenetic adaptations) or as preparation for adulthood (deferred adaptations). He reviews research and theory on the possible adaptive role of immaturity in human development that may foster the development of sensory systems, learning/education, and caretaking by adults. 02/24/2011
Link: http://cengagesites.com/academic/?site=5100&SecID=4297