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51st Annual Convention; Washington DC; 2025

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Special Event #463
CE Offered: BACB/IBAO
Presidential Scholar Address: Unhinging Design from Darwinian and Skinnerian Selection
Monday, May 26, 2025
6:00 PM–6:50 PM
Marriott Marquis, M2 Level, Marquis Salon 1-5
📺   Streaming Status: recording available
Instruction Level: Basic
Chair: Kent Johnson (Morningside Academy)
CE Instructor: Kent Johnson, Ph.D.
 

Presidential Scholar Address: Unhinging Design from Darwinian and Skinnerian Selection

Abstract:

Darwin explained how purposeful and foresightful design could be unhinged from natural selection. Skinner followed suit for selection by reinforcement. These complementary selectionist ideas together with cultural selection now represent the prime pillars of evolutionary thought in biological and behavioral science. 

 
EDWARD WASSERMAN (University of Iowa)
 
Edward Wasserman received his B.A. from UCLA and his Ph.D. from Indiana University. His only academic home has been The University of Iowa, where he is the Stuit Professor Experimental Psychology. He was President of the Comparative Cognition Society as well as President of Divisions 3 (Experimental Psychology), 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology), and 25 (Behavior Analysis) of APA. He is a member of the Society of Experimental Psychologists. And, he has received the Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from Division 6 of APA, the Career Research Award from the Comparative Cognition Society, the Distinguished Contributions to Basic Behavioral Research Award from Division 25 of APA, and the Gantt Medal from the Pavlovian Society. He has edited four volumes, including the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition, and he has recently authored, As if by Design: How Creative Behaviors Really Evolve. Wasserman has published extensively in the areas of comparative cognition and perception with support from NSF, NIMH, NEI, NICHD, and HFSP.
 
 

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