A New Comparative Psychology

In their classic 1969 paper Hodos and Campbell bemoaned the absence of appropriate evolutionary theory in comparative psychology. In this talk I will argue that despite the advent of Evolutionary Psychology the situation has changed only a little today. In fact, some Evolutionary Psychologists go so far as to argue that comparative analyses are of little importance. I will oppose this view and outline how modern Bayesian phylogenetics can provide a framework for answering questions about the evolution of cognition and culture. Presented by Russell Gray (Psychology, University of Auckland, NZ).

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A New Comparative Psychology is an episode from New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution by Oxford University.

This episode is 46:02 long.

This episode was published on Aug 22, 2011.

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