[CogSci] Join us at CDS 2022 for a full-day pre-conference workshop: Theory-theory turns thirty-something: Reflections and new directions

[Kara Weisman]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to attend our full day pre-conference,
“*Theory-theory
turns thirty-something: Reflections and new directions*,” to be held at CDS
2022 this coming April. We are writing today to invite early-career
researchers to submit proposals for posters and flash talks (please see
below). We will write again soon with information on how attendees and
presenters can register.

*Overview of the day:*

Theory-theory has had tremendous reach within cognitive developmental
science and beyond, extending from its early roots in “folk psychology,”
“folk biology,” and “naive physics,” to more recent explorations of the
development of “intuitive sociology,” “folk anthropology,” “intuitive
archeology,” “folk philosophy of mind,” and so on. In this pre-conference,
the CDS community is invited to come together on April 21, 2022, to reflect
on how this theoretical perspective has evolved over the past three
decades, how the diversification of our methods and content areas has
pushed this collective research program forward, and what questions and
controversies remain to be explored.

The day will begin with a structured mentorship program between junior and
senior scholars, followed by a “fireside chat” discussion with the authors
of two of the seminal papers that popularized theory-theory among cognitive
developmentalists: Drs. *Susan Gelman*, *Alison Gopnik*, and *Henry Wellman*.
In a keynote symposium we will hear from leading scholars on some of the
cutting-edge research that is pushing the field’s understanding of “folk
theories” forward, including work on how language and culture shape folk
biology (Dr. *Florencia Anggoro*), work employing computational modeling
and cultural comparison (Dr. *Julian Jara-Ettinger*), work on “folk
sociology” (Dr. *Kristin Shutts*), and work on children’s active
information seeking (Dr. *Jinjing Jenny Wang*). After a leisurely lunch, we
will host a second “fireside chat” discussion with senior scholars whose
work has defined, transformed, and challenged “theory-theory,” including
Drs. *Michelene Chi*, *John Coley*, *Tamsin German*, *Paul Harris*, and *Chuck
Kalish*. The day will conclude with a “flash talk” session and a poster
session featuring new and ongoing work by early-career researchers.



*How to submit a poster or flash talk:To submit a proposal to present a
poster or ‘flash talk’, please fill out the following Google Form by
11:59pm ET February 15, 2022: https://forms.gle/gnyjRGFwAaJnwiwD8
<https://forms.gle/gnyjRGFwAaJnwiwD8>*. We encourage anyone who
self-identifies as an “early-career researcher” to apply, including but not
limited to undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, assistant
professors, and research staff. One of the goals of the organizers is to
cultivate a diverse list of presenters with respect to race, ethnicity,
gender, sexuality, nationality, religiosity, disability, and so forth.
Please feel free to mention how you would contribute to this goal in your
submission. Decisions will be sent out by March 4, 2022.

We look forward to seeing you in Madison, Wisconsin on April 21, 2022!

Kara Weisman, Kirsten Lesage, Rebekah Richert, and Kathleen Corriveau

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Kara Weisman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Project Director
Developing Belief Network
www.developingbelief.com
kgweisman.github.io
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