Rutgers Symposium on Learning III
National Science Foundation Workshop
Understanding People as Normative Agents:
The Intersection of Morality and 'Theory of Mind.'

This workshop explores how children come to understand norms, rules, and obligations: a social cognition of norms. What is source of the moral intuitions and values that underlie these norms?

How do moral judgments interact in development with the key intuitions and principles of 'theory of mind?' To what extent does development of the two domains rely on domain general versus domain specific learning?

Through a series of thematic sessions, participants will engage in inter-disciplinary discussions. The object is to set the stage for new research questions to emerge.

Friday, May 20th & Saturday 21st, 2005
Location: Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ. View Hyatt web site
This is the local web page for the workshop. For the main Workshop web site go to Main Workshop site

Workshop organizers: Charles Kalish (PI) (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Melanie Killen (Co-PI) (University of Maryland), Alan Leslie (Co-PI) (Rutgers University), Judith Smetana (Co-PI) (University of Rochester), and Cecilia Wainryb (Co-PI) (University of Utah).

PARTICIPANTS
Bill Arsenio, Yeshiva U.
Jody Baird, Villanova U.
Paul Bloom, Yale U.
Michael Chandler, U. British Columbia
Ori Friedman, Rutgers U.
Paul Harris, Harvard U.
Charles Helwig, U. Toronto
Stacey Horn, U. Illinois
Chuck Kalish, U. Wisconsin
Melanie Killen, U. Maryland
Karen Lagattuta, U.C. Davis
Alan Leslie, Rutgers U.
Larry Nucci, U. Illinois
Judy Smetana, U. Rochester
Holly Smith, Rutgers U.
Eliot Turiel, U.C. Berkeley
Cecilia Wainryb, U. Utah

 

Graduate student participants
Craig Anderson, U. Wisconsin
Sara Baker, Rutgers U.
Beverly Brehl, U. Utah
Marian Chen, Rutgers U.
Alexandra Henning, U. Maryland
Josh Knobe, Princeton U.
Aaron Metzger, U. Rochester
Jennifer Nado, Rutgers U.
Karen Shanton, Rutgers U.

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Program:

Friday, May 20, 2005

8:30 to 9:00 Continental breakfast

9:00 to 9:30 Welcome remarks: FAS Dean Holly Smith
9:30 to 10:00 Introduction and Overview of the Day

10:00 to 10:15 Break

10:15 to 12:00 Participants’ introductions
12:00 to 1:15 Lunch

·Breakout Session I: The Psychological Underpinnings
of Norms and Morality
1:15 to 1:30 Introduction: A.M. Leslie
1:30 to 2:15 Small group discussions
2:15 to 3:00 Group overview

3:00 to 3:15 Break
Breakout Session II: The Moral Normative Bases for Understanding Judgments and Behavior
3:30 to 3:45 Introduction: M. Killen
3:45 to 4:30 Small group discussions
4:30 to 5:15 Group overview
5:30 to 6:00 Summary of Day 1

Dinner

Saturday, May 21, 2005

8:30 to 9:00 Continental breakfast

·Breakout Session III: The Role of Emotions in ToM and Morality
9:00 to 9:15 Introduction: J. Smetana
9:15 to 10:00 Small group discussions
10:00 to 10:45 Group overview

10:45 to 11:00 Break
·Breakout Session IV: Core Research Questions and Methodology
11:00 to 11:15 Introduction: C. Kalish
11:15 to 12:00 Small group discussions
12:00 to 12:45 Group overview
12:45 to 2:00 Lunch

·Breakout Session V: Future Directions and Collaborative Possibilities
2:00 to 2:30 Introduction: C. Wainryb
2:30 to 3:15 Small group discussions
3:15 to 4:15 Whole group overview of workshop

4:15 to 4:30 Break

4:30 to 5:30 Summary of points for NSF report

A National Science Foundation Workshop, co-sponsored with the Rutgers Symposia on Learning series (Director: Alan Leslie) held at Rutgers University. We are grateful to the National Science Foundation for grant BCS-0425397 and to the following for additional sponsorship:
The RU Faculty of Arts and Sciences, RU Center for Cognitive Science and Department of Psychology.
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