Podcasts Culture 45 Graus #27 [EN] Glenn Geher - How can Evolutionary Psychology help us understand the origins of humour, culture, personality or gender differences?

#27 [EN] Glenn Geher - How can Evolutionary Psychology help us understand the origins of humour, culture, personality or gender differences?

Published: July 11, 2018, 7 a.m.

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[This is a conversation about Evolutionary Psychology, with Glenn Geher, professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, for Quarenta e Cinco Graus, a podcast based in Portugal. The conversation follows right after a brief introduction in Portuguese.]

Glenn Geher \\xe9 professor na State University of New York at New Paltz, uma das melhores universidades p\\xfablicas dos EUA, e um investigador de refer\\xeancia na \\xe1rea da Psicologia Evolutiva. Tem publicado v\\xe1rios livros sobre este tema, com destaque para e .

Este \\xe9, j\\xe1 perceberam, o mesmo tema do epis\\xf3dio anterior, em que o convidado foi Paulo Finuras. O Paulo falou-me de alguns nomes de refer\\xeancia nesta \\xe1rea e, como acho que o tema merece, decidi aproveitar para chamar um convidado internacional ao podcast, o que j\\xe1 era uma ideia antiga. \\xc9, por isso, tamb\\xe9m a primeira conversa em ingl\\xeas (pe\\xe7o desculpa por n\\xe3o haver \\u2018dobragem\\u2019, ao estilo das r\\xe1dios generalistas, mas falta-me ainda or\\xe7amento para isso!).

Fal\\xe1mos, ent\\xe3o, de temas que cruzam estes dois livros, como a origem evolutiva do humor (um fen\\xf3meno misterioso porque parece ter nenhuma finalidade pr\\xe1tica), a origem das diferen\\xe7as culturais entre povos e das diferen\\xe7as de personalidade entre pessoas (este \\xfaltimo j\\xe1 tema de um epis\\xf3dio do podcast) e tamb\\xe9m as diferen\\xe7as de comportamento entre os sexos. Fal\\xe1mos, tamb\\xe9m, das cr\\xedticas mais comuns a esta \\xe1rea da Psicologia Evolutiva, que \\xe9 fascinante, mas tamb\\xe9m cientificamente controversa e pode levar-nos a conclus\\xf5es demasiado superficiais e precipitadas.

Foi uma \\xf3ptima conversa, espero que gostem!

Agradecimentos:
Jo\\xe3o V\\xedtor Baltazar; Ana Mateus; Salvador Cunha; Oscar Sampaio Neves; Jo\\xe3o Gil; Vasco S\\xe1 Pinto; \\u201cFalc\\xe3o Milenar\\u201d;

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Bio: Glenn Geher, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz. In addition to teaching courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and conducting research in various areas related to evolutionary psychology, Glenn is founding director of the campus\\u2019 Evolutionary Studies (EvoS) program, one of the most successful, noteworthy, and vibrant features of a campus that prides itself (rightfully) on academic vibrance. And he has published several books, including Evolutionary Psychology 101, Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The Role of the Mind in Sex, Dating, and Love (co-authored with Scott Barry Kaufman and published by Oxford University Press), Evolutionary Psychology 101 (published by Springer), as well as Straightforward Statistics (also with Oxford). In Darwin\'s Subterranean World: Evolution, Mind, and Mating Intelligence, Glenn addresses various topics related to evolutionary psychology and the nature of human mating intelligence - a core feature of human psychology writ large.

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