#35 Leda Cosmides: Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Evolutionary Psychology
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Dr. Leda Cosmides pioneered the field of Evolutionary Psychology. She’s got a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology by the University of Harvard. Dr. Cosmides did postdoctoral work with Roger Shepard at Stanford and was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Cosmides won the 1988 American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Behavioral Science Research, the 1993 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, and a J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. She is currently Professor of Psychology at UC Santa Barbara. She and John Tooby founded and co-direct the UCSB Center for Evolutionary Psychology. And she is also the co-author of the great book The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture.
Here, we talk about what is the history and development of Evolutionary Psychology; the problems with the Standard Social Science Model; the evolutionary environment of adaptedness (EEA); adaptations, by-products, and noise; ultimate vs proximate explanations; cognitive modules, and the problem with Jerry Fodor’s approach to them; variability and universality in human psychology and behavior; the application to evolutionary psychology to stereotypes, politics and human relationships; literal and metaphorical truth; and the view of human nature coming from evolutionary psychology.
Time Links:
Leda Cosmides vs Virgin Mary
History and development of Evolutionary Psychology
Everyone takes you seriously, if you’re Freud
The Standard Social Science Model
Evolutionary Environment of Adaptedness (EEA)
Adaptations, by-products, and genetic drift
Religion as a by-product of evolution
Trump’s hair cannot be explained by science
The problem with the term “module”
Modules as evolved crib sheets
Ultimate vs proximate explanations
Why cousin Bob cannot mate with Jennifer Lawrence
Just-so stories
Cultural variability
Don’t be stupid like me while interpreting Evo Psych literature
Modules as neural networks?
Literal truth vs metaphorical truth
How stereotypes come about
Culture as a source of rationalizations for our behavior
Are we adapted to the environments we create?
Evolutionary Psychology applied to Politics
How to improve human relationships with the help of Evo Psych
When you’re on the 35th percentile of Agreeableness
Embrace your toxic masculinity
People who study Evo Psych know themselves better
When a beta male walks into a lesbian bar
The Dissenter knows a lot about Evo Psych
Current work by Dr. Cosmides
Farewell to the Mother of Evo Psych
A Dra. Leda Cosmides foi uma das pioneiras da Psicologia Evolutiva. Tem um doutoramento em psicologia cognitiva pela Universidade de Harvard. Fez trabalho pós-doutoral com Roger Shepard em Stanford e Professora Convidada do Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Venceu o American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Behavioral Science Research de 1988, o American Psychological Association Distinguished Memorial Fellowhip for an Early Contribution to Psychology em 1993, e um J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. É atualmente professora de Psicologia na UC Santa Barbara. Ela e o seu marido John Tooby fundaram e são co-diretores do UCSB Center for Evolutionary Psychology. E é também a coautora do livro The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture.
Aqui, falamos sobre a história e desenvolvimento da Psicologia Evolutiva; os problemas com o Standard Social Science Model; o ambiente evolutivo de adaptação; adaptações, subprodutos, e ruído; explicações finais vs proximais; módulos cognitivos, e o problema com a abordagem de Jerry Fodor; variabilidade e universalidade na psicologia e comportamento humanos; a aplicação da psicologia evolutiva nos estereótipos, política e relações humanas; verdade literal e metafórica; e a visão da natureza humana a partir da psicologia evolutiva.
Follow Dr. Cosmides’ work:
Faculty page: https://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/cosmides
Her books: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Leda-Cosmides/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ALeda%20Cosmides