BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4325-9264dd0613c77fdb845e0b28d0993f22@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260514T210010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T170000 SUMMARY:Expanding Empathy 2022: Juliana Schroeder & Jason D\'Cruz DESCRIPTION:\n&ldquo\;Calibrating Trust through Empathy&rdquo\; \;by Jason D&rsquo\;Cruz\n\nAbstract:  \;To calibrate our own trust or d istrust of another person\, it helps to know whether they trust or distr ust us. In particular\, we want to know whether they perceive the relati onship as one of competition or cooperation\, exploitation or mutual car e. Empathy furnishes a vital window to this perspective. The capacity fo r other-oriented perspective taking allows us to apprehend quickly wheth er another person encounters us from an unguarded (trusting) or defensiv e (distrusting) stance. I will describe how this apprehension provides b oth motivational impetus and rational warrant for our own attitudes of t rust or distrust. Delineating this interpersonal dynamic helps us to und erstand why trust can be disarming and why mutual distrust is so difficu lt to unseat.\n\nJason D&rsquo\;Cruz \;is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Philosophy Department at the U niversity at Albany\, State University of New York and the Principal Inv estigator for Trustworthy AI from a User Perspective\, a project funded by a grant from the SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance. D&rsquo\;Cruz works p rimarily in ethics and moral psychology on the topics of trust\, promisi ng\, rationalization\, and self-deception.\n\nand\n\n&ldquo\;The Social Consequences of Mistaken Assumptions About Other Minds&rdquo\; \;by Juliana Schroeder\n\nAbstract: Aristotle once said that &ldquo\;man is b y nature a social animal&rdquo\; but\, in a world filled with social div ides (different groups of people with markedly different values and opin ions)\, productive engagement can be challenging. \; I theorize that the common psychological root of humanity&rsquo\;s social friction is t hat people lack direct access into others&rsquo\; minds &ndash\; and mus t therefore engage in inferential guesswork to assess others&rsquo\; sta te of mind and ascertain their presence of mind. At least two types of c onsequences emerge from this lack of direct access. First\, people may m isread others&rsquo\; mental states\, such as others&rsquo\; preferences and intentions\, leading them to ineffectively coordinate or connect wi th others. Second\, people may overlook others&rsquo\; mental capacities \, leading them to engage ineffectively across lines of difference such as providing ineffective or inadequate help to needy individuals or mism anaging conflict with disagreeing individuals. I provide evidence for th ese social consequences in a series of research projects.\n\nJuliana Sch roeder \;is an award-winning professor in the Management of Organiza tions group at the Haas School of Business. She is a faculty affiliate i n the Social Psychology Department\, the Cognition Department\, and the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley. She teaches the Negotiati ons and Conflict Resolution course at Haas.\n\nSchroeder&rsquo\;s resear ch examines how people make social judgments and decisions. She studies the psychological processes underlying how people think about the minds of those around them\, and how their judgments then influence their deci sions and interactions.\n\nHer research has been published in a wide ran ge of academic journals and in several book chapters. It has been featur ed by media outlets such as The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, H arvard Business Review\, NPR\, and the Today Show. She has received fund ing from the National Science Foundation and awards from the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association.\n \nIn addition to conducting research and teaching\, Schroeder co-founded and directs the Psychology of Technology Institute\, which supports and advances scientific research studying the psychological consequences an d antecedents of technological advancements. Her educational background includes a B.A. in Psychology and Economics from the University of Virgi nia\, an M.B.A. from the Chicago Booth School of Business\, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology and Business from the University of Chicago.\n\n Register for webinar here: \;https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN _7xkf-hYBTKuE9YoNWQMi_w\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/e vent/expanding_empathy_2022_juliana_schroeder_jason_dcruz/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Ca librating Trust through Empathy” by Jason D’Cru z

Abstract:  To calibrate our own trust or distrust of another person, it helps to know whether they trust or distrust us. In particular, we want to know whether they perceive the relationship as on e of competition or cooperation, exploitation or mutual care. Empathy fu rnishes a vital window to this perspective. The capacity for other-orien ted perspective taking allows us to apprehend quickly whether another pe rson encounters us from an unguarded (trusting) or defensive (distrustin g) stance. I will describe how this apprehension provides both motivatio nal impetus and rational warrant for our own attitudes of trust or distr ust. Delineating this interpersonal dynamic helps us to understand why t rust can be disarming and why mutual distrust is so difficult to unseat.

Jason D’Cruz&n bsp;is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in t he Philosophy Department at the University at Albany, State University o f New York and the Principal Investigator for Trustworthy AI from a User Perspective, a project funded by a grant from the SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance. D’Cruz works primarily in ethics and moral psychology on the topics of trust, promising, rationalization, and self-deception.

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“The Social Consequences of Mistaken Assumptio ns About Other Minds” by Juliana Schroeder

A bstract: Aristotle once said that “man is by nature a social a nimal” but, in a world filled with social divides (different group s of people with markedly different values and opinions), productive eng agement can be challenging.  I theorize that the common psychologic al root of humanity’s social friction is that people lack direct a ccess into others’ minds – and must therefore engage in infe rential guesswork to assess others’ state of mind and ascertain th eir presence of mind. At least two types of consequences emerge from thi s lack of direct access. First, people may misread others’ mental states, such as others’ preferences and intentions, leading them t o ineffectively coordinate or connect with others. Second, people may ov erlook others’ mental capacities, leading them to engage ineffecti vely across lines of difference such as providing ineffective or inadequ ate help to needy individuals or mismanaging conflict with disagreeing i ndividuals. I provide evidence for these social consequences in a series of research projects.

Juliana Schroeder is an award-winnin g professor in the Management of Organizations group at the Haas School of Business. She is a faculty affiliate in the Social Psychology Departm ent, the Cognition Department, and the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley. She teaches the Negotiations and Conflict Resolution cours e at Haas.

Schroeder’s research examines how people make soc ial judgments and decisions. She studies the psychological processes und erlying how people think about the minds of those around them, and how t heir judgments then influence their decisions and interactions.

He r research has been published in a wide range of academic journals and i n several book chapters. It has been featured by media outlets such as T he New York Times, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, NPR, an d the Today Show. She has received funding from the National Science Fou ndation and awards from the Association for Psychological Science and th e American Psychological Association.

In addition to conducting re search and teaching, Schroeder co-founded and directs the Psychology of Technology Institute, which supports and advances scientific research st udying the psychological consequences and antecedents of technological a dvancements. Her educational background includes a B.A. in Psychology an d Economics from the University of Virginia, an M.B.A. from the Chicago Booth School of Business, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology and Busine ss from the University of Chicago.

Register for webinar here:  ;https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7xkf-hYBTKuE9YoNWQMi_w

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/e vent/expanding_empathy_2022_juliana_schroeder_jason_dcruz/

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