Center for Behavioral Decision Research

CBDR : Seminar Series : Seminar by Laurie Santos

The Evolution of Irrationality: Insights from Non-Human Primates - Psychology Department Colloquim

	presented by Laurie Santos (Yale (Psychology))


	Monday, October 27	link to paper
	4:30pm
	Erwin Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53	link to Speaker's Site

	Abstract:

	My talk will explore the origins of our judgment and decision-making heuristics. Specifically, I will explore the possibility that some aspects of adult human irrational decision-making might be shared with non-human primates and human children. I will then attempt to use a comparative-developmental approach to directly address the origins of several classic human irrationalities, such as the anchoring bias, cognitive dissonance, loss aversion and reference dependence. I will then discuss why such irrationalities may emerge so early in human development and evolution, with the hope of providing insight into the psychological machinery that drives both accurate and biased decision-making.

	Host at CMU: Psychology Department Talk