David Bjorklund is a developmental and evolutionary psychologist.
Humans are incredibly childlike; we even appear more childlike than other apes. Humans use an extended childhood to learn and develop outside the womb to a degree unlike any other species. How has this contributed to making us who we are?
In this podcast, expect to learn about how the extended childhood of humans has influenced our evolution, the significance of play in learning and human creativity, how our child-like nature enhances our social interactions, the impact of modern-day technology on us, the nature versus nurture debate, and more...
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro: Genes Are Not Everything
00:29 - How Development Has Influenced Human Evolution as a Whole
10:52 - Play, Creativity, and Theory of Mind
17:30 - How Humans Are More Child-like Than Other Species
26:33 - Modern Day Environments
31:00 - Intelligence: How Children Learn and Collective Intelligence
38:00 - The Nature vs. Nurture Debate and How They Interact
40:20 - Social Media
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