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Ethics for Breakfast presents
 Wednesday, April 11, 2011
7:15 - 8:30 am
Ethics in Infancy:
Are Babies Born With a
Moral Compass?
with J. Kiley Hamlin, PhD,
Canada Research Chair and Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia
What adults, leaders or peers most shaped
your ethical choices as a child?
When making judgments about what is "good" and "bad," most adults rely on some mix of cultural influences, personal experience, complex reasoning and their own developmental changes. But what about infants and toddlers? At a pre-verbal stage, do they have a sense of who is ethical and who isn’t?
Yes, according to a groundbreaking study by J. Kiley Hamlin, an assistant professor and research chair in Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her recent research shows that children as young as eight months prefer those who help rather than those who harm. Her child study-subjects also demonstrated a desire to punish wrongdoers and help those who have helped others.
Join us as Dr. Hamlin reveals her surprising research results, which suggest that mechanisms for evaluating social behavior are innate, at least in part, rather than culturally determined.
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DATE: Wednesday, April 11 -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC HYDRO Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
2nd Floor, Auditorium
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COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
- muffins, tea and coffee included
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About Our Speaker:
J. Kiley Hamlin, PhD teaches cognitive development and psychology in infancy at the University of British Columbia. In her research, Dr. Hamlin examines our tendency to judge actions as good or bad, as deserving reward or punishment, and as morally praiseworthy or blameworthy. She also asks: "How do our social and moral evaluations influence our understanding of others' future acts, their mental states and underlying personalities?" To study the origins of these processes, she uses preverbal infants and toddlers, who have not yet been influenced by language, inhibitions or culture.
Last year, Dr. Hamlin began her role as Canada Research Chair in developmental psychology through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, a position that will continue until 2016. She received her PhD in developmental psychology at Yale University, where she worked as a research and teaching assistant and received a variety of awards. Before joining UBC in 2010, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Chicago, where she obtained her B.A. in Psychology. Throughout her career, Dr. Hamlin has received numerous research grants and co-authored dozens of academic articles.
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