Syllabus
* Compulsory literature
1. ZUNSHINE, L. (Ed.). (2010). Introduction to cognitive cultural studies. JHU Press.
2. SIMPSON, J. A., & KENRICK, D. (Eds.). (2013). Evolutionary social psychology. Psychology Press.
3. ROBERTS, S. C. (Ed.). (2012). Applied evolutionary psychology. Oxford University Press.
4. HEYES, C. M., & HUBER, L. (Eds.). (2000). The evolution of cognition. mit Press.
5. DE WAAL, F. (1996) Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals. Harward University Press.
6. DIAMOND, J. M. (1991). The third chimpanzee: the evolution and future of the human animal. Hutchinson Radius. * Recommended literature
1. GOSWAMI, U. (Ed.). (2008). Blackwell handbook of childhood cognitive development. John Wiley & Sons.
2. ALTENMÜLLER, E., SCHMIDT, S., & ZIMMERMANN, E. (Eds.). (2013). The evolution of emotional communication: From sounds in nonhuman mammals to speech and music in man. OUP Oxford
Annotation
The aim is to introduce to studenty psychological thinking about man and human cognition, as related to general anthropology. The course focuses mainly on the basics of human percpetion, emotionality and cognition, which it views both from a biological and psychological perspective, and in the context of their developmental and cultural variability.
The topic will be also discussed in a comparative perspective, i.e., human cognitive capabilities will be contrasted to cognitive capabilities in animals. Finally, the course will focus on the application of cognitive and evolutionary knowledge in practice.