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Modeling cultural evolution requires evolutionary psychology| old_uid | 19312 |
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| title | Modeling cultural evolution requires evolutionary psychology |
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| start_date | 2021/09/24 |
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| schedule | 14h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle Dussane |
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| summary | Cultural differences can arise in surprising ways. All depend on details of our evolved psychology.
Inference, learning, and motivation are regulated by a variety of evolved computational systems, each specialized for a specific domain. Each interprets experience using its own native concepts, generates knowledge that goes beyond the information given, and activates domain-appropriate goals. They influence cultural transmission by making some ideas, feelings, and reactions seem more reasonable, interesting, or memorable than others.
But cultural transmission is not the only route by which cultural differences can arise. Cultural patterns can be evoked, rather than transmitted, when (1) specialized mechanisms are exposed to different environments ; (2) several alternative, cue-activated evolved systems give rise to divergent moral intuitions and motivations ; or (3) a single system is designed to respond nimbly to key cues, shifting behavior immediately ; these shifts can be misattributed to cultural selection of institutions. More powerful and predictive models of cultural evolution will require evolutionary psychology. |
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| responsibles | de Vignemont |
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