CDS Seminar Series : Dr Shalini Gautam | Counterfactual choices and social judgements in children

This seminar is free to attend and is open to all, both within and outside the University. If you wish to attend in person or via Zoom, please register your interest to attend via the Zoom portal using the link above. Zoom details will be shared prior to the event via email.

We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Developmental Science will welcome Dr Shalini Gautam of Boston College, to present a CDS Seminar, taking place on Tuesday 23rd of April 2024 13:00-14:00 GMT

You are welcome to attend either in person at 52 Pritchatts Road, Lecture theatre 1, room G16, or online via Zoom. If you wish to attend, please register your interest to attend either in person or online via the Zoom portal using the link above.

There will be the opportunity for an informal discussion after the seminar itself.

CDS Event Host - Professor Sarah Beck

Counterfactual choices and social judgements in children

Abstract

In this talk I'll discuss work which explores how children’s understanding of choice influences their social judgements. Children’s ability to reflect on past choices, or think counterfactually about what could have happened, shows a protracted development across early to middle childhood – and this may have implications for how they judge the behaviour of others. In the first part of this talk I’ll discuss a study (only just wrapped data collection!) on how choice influences punishment and reward judgements in children in India, China and the US. Next I'll discuss a study examining whether children understand that choices are represented in the mind (e.g., someone might have had a choice to act differently, but not have known that they did!). Finally, I will talk about a new study idea that I’ve been developing which aims to investigate how understanding the cost of an action may drive an understanding of choice in young children.

If you would like to meet with Dr Shalini or join her for dinner on Tuesday evening please contact, Sarah Beck (Psychology) s.r.beck@bham.ac.uk

This seminar is free to attend and is open to all, both within and outside the University. If you wish to attend in person or via Zoom, please register your interest to attend via the Zoom portal using the link above. Zoom details will be shared prior to the event via email.