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The New Riddle of the Sphinx: Life History and Psychological Science
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jun 30, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Life history—the transformations that occur throughout the lifespan—shapes the human mind. This idea cuts across all the subdisciplines of psychology and underlies the answers to the two main questions that drive psychological scientists: What is universal about human minds and what is special and particular about specific minds? In her inaugural presidential column for the APS Observer, APS President Alison Gopnik, who studies learning and development at the University of California, Berkeley, writes about life history and psychological science. In this episode, she reads her column, which you can find here.
Released:
Jun 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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