Andrew Whiten

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David Andrew Whiten (born April 20, 1948 in Grimsby , England ), known as Andrew Whiten , is Professor Emeritus of Comparative and Developmental Psychology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland .

His behavioral research and experiments with non-human primates and humans (especially children) focuses on social cognition , with topics such as social learning , Machiavellian intelligence , tradition and the development of culture . In 1996, together with colleagues, he invented an artificial fruit with which the learning behavior of monkeys and humans could be studied.

Live and act

Whiten first studied zoology at the University of Sheffield and then earned a PhD in psychology from the University of Bristol . He taught at the University of St Andrews from 1970 , worked in the Department of Psychology there from 1975 and as Professor of Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology from 1997. From 2003 he founded and directed the Interdisciplinary Center for Social Learning and Cultural Evolution in St Andrews.

He also founded and ran the Living Links to Human Evolution (short: Living Links ) primate research center , which opened at Edinburgh Zoo in 2008 and has over 250,000 visitors annually.

Memberships and functions in scientific societies

Whiten is a member of the following learned societies :

From 2008 to 2013 he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , Biological Sciences . From 2011 to 2013 he also chaired the British Academy's Research Awards Committee.

Awards

In 2001 Whiten received the Delwart International Scientific Prize from the Belgian Royal Academies for Science and the Arts , in 2007 the Rivers Memorial Medal from the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) and the Osman Hill Medal from the Primate Society of Great Britain . He is also the first and so far only scientist to receive both the Sir James Black Medal (2014) and the Senior Prize and Medal for Public Engagement (2015) from the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

Whiten received an honorary doctorate ( Honorary Doctor ) of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh (2015), the University of Stirling (2016) and the University of Edinburgh (2016/2017).

Fonts (selection)

  • A. Whiten: Social Learning and Culture in Child and Chimpanzee , 2017. In: Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 68, pp. 129–154, 2017. doi : 10.1146 / annurev-psych-010416-044108
  • A. Whiten: Experimental studies illuminate the cultural transmission of percussive technology in Homo and Pan , 2015. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 370, 20140359. doi : 10.1098 / rstb.2014.0359
  • A. Whiten et al .: Potent social learning and conformity shape a wild primate's foraging decisions , 2013. In: Science, 6131, 483-5
  • A. Whiten, D. Erdal: The human socio-cognitive niche and its evolutionary origins , 2012. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 367: 2119-29. PMID 22734055 doi : 10.1098 / rstb.2012.0114
  • A. Whiten et al .: Culture evolves , 2011. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 366: 938-48. PMID 21357216 doi : 10.1098 / rstb.2010.0372
  • A. Whiten, V. Horner, F. de Waal : Conformity to cultural norms of tool use in chimpanzees , 2005 In: Nature. 437 (7059): 737-40. doi : 10.1038 / nature04047
  • A. Whiten, J. Goodall et al .: Cultures in chimpanzees , 1999. In: Nature. 399: 682-5. PMID 10385119 , doi : 10.1038 / 21415
  • A. Whiten et al .: Imitative learning of artificial fruit processing in children (Homo sapiens) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), 1996. In: Journal of comparative psychology 110 (1), 3. doi : 10.1037 / 0735-7036.110.1.3
  • A. Whiten, Richard W. Byrne (Eds.): Machiavellian intelligence. Social expertise and the evolution of intellect in monkeys, apes, and humans . 1988.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f British Academy : Professor Andrew Whiten
  2. ↑ Der Spiegel : Behavioral Research. Look back. Monkeys lie like humans. Do people still lie like monkeys? , February 1, 1988
  3. ↑ A. Whiten, Richard W. Byrne (ed.): Machiavellian intelligence. Social expertise and the evolution of intellect in monkeys, apes, and humans . 1988
  4. ↑ FAZ : Chimpanzees: Traditionally Conscious Monkeys , August 22, 2005
  5. ↑ A. Whiten, J. Goodall et al .: Cultures in chimpanzees, 1999. In: Nature. 399: 682-5.
  6. ↑ A. Whiten, V. Horner, F. de Waal: Conformity to cultural norms of tool use in chimpanzees. In: Nature, 2005. 437 (7059): 737-40. doi : 10.1038 / nature04047
  7. ↑ A. Whiten et al .: Imitative learning of artificial fruit processing in children (Homo sapiens) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), 1996. In: Journal of comparative psychology 110 (1), 3. doi : 10.1037 / 0735-7036.110. 1.3
  8. ↑ Ludwig Huber : Social learning affects object exploration and manipulation in keas, Nestor notabilis . In: Animal Behavior, 2001, 62, 945-954 doi : 10.1006 / anbe.2001.1822
  9. ↑ Professor Andrew Whiten: Osman Hill Memorial Lecturer 2010 . In: Primate Eye. Primate Society of Great Britain. No. 102 October 2010. p. 3-4
  10. ↑ Professor Andrew Whiten has been awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Senior Prize and Medal for Public Engagement on st-andrews.ac.uk, April 17, 2015
  11. ^ The Guardian : Edinburgh becomes heart of monkey study business , Nov. 9, 2004
  12. ↑ a b c Andrew Whiten on the University of St Andrews website
  13. ↑ Andrew Whiten at royalsociety.org
  14. ^ News of Members . In: The Psychologist. Vol 15, No February 2, 2002
  15. ^ Heriot-Watt University : Heriot-Watt University Honorary Graduates since 1966
  16. ^ University of Stirling : Honorary Graduates of the University of Stirling - Emeritus Professor Andrew Whiten
  17. ^ University of Edinburgh : Honorary graduates 2016/17
personal data
SURNAME Whiten, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whiten, David Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British developmental psychologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Grimsby , England