{"id":25952,"date":"2025-11-19T18:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?p=25952"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:26:18","slug":"psyc-seminar-childrens-developing-interpretation-of-costly-actions-a-gateway-to-cultural-learning-nazli-altinok-1230noon-november-21-2025-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/psyc-seminar-childrens-developing-interpretation-of-costly-actions-a-gateway-to-cultural-learning-nazli-altinok-1230noon-november-21-2025-en\/","title":{"rendered":"PSYC Seminar: \u201cChildren\u2019s Developing Interpretation of Costly Actions: A Gateway to Cultural Learning\u201d, Nazl\u0131 Alt\u0131nok, 12:30Noon November 21 2025 (EN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-body\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Date: 21 November 2025, Friday<br \/>\nTime: 12:30<br \/>\nVenue: A-130 FEASS Seminar Room<\/p>\n<p>Title: Children\u2019s Developing Interpretation of Costly Actions: A Gateway to Cultural Learning<\/p>\n<p>Speaker: Nazl\u0131 Alt\u0131nok, Ko\u00e7 University<\/p>\n<p>Abstract:<br \/>\nIn several different contexts, from religious practices and formal dinner etiquette to altruistic behaviors, individuals often engage in actions that incur costs. What do such costly actions signal? Observing someone walking three kilometers to a specific store while there is just another store nearby could indicate the agent\u2019s preference for that particular store. However, the costs agents purposefully expand through their actions do not only signal individual preferences. The costs of certain actions can also reflect the benefits derived from adhering to group norms and cultural practices. In this talk, I will argue that observing the costly actions of others helps us to represent and learn conventional and culturally relevant ways of acting around the world from a young age. Through presenting several lines of research, I will talk about how infants and children make sense of the costly behaviors of others and how they use social categories from an early age to interpret those seemingly irrational behaviors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n<div class=\"share\"><a class=\"twitter\" title=\"Tweet this on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw3.bilkent.edu.tr%2Fwww%2Fpsyc-semineri-childrens-developing-interpretation-of-costly-actions-a-gateway-to-cultural-learning-nazli-altinok-1230-21-kasim-2025-en%2F&amp;text=PSYC+Semineri%3A+%E2%80%9CChildren%26%238217%3Bs+Developing+Interpretation+of+Costly+Actions%3A+A+Gateway+to+Cultural+Learning%E2%80%9D%2C+Nazl%C4%B1+Alt%C4%B1nok%2C+12%3A30+21+Kas%C4%B1m+2025+%28EN%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share on Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 21 November 2025, Friday Time: 12:30 Venue: A-130 FEASS Seminar Room Title: Children\u2019s Developing Interpretation of Costly Actions: A Gateway to Cultural Learning Speaker: Nazl\u0131 Alt\u0131nok, Ko\u00e7 University Abstract: In several different contexts, from religious practices and formal dinner etiquette to altruistic behaviors, individuals often engage in actions that [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/psyc-seminar-childrens-developing-interpretation-of-costly-actions-a-gateway-to-cultural-learning-nazli-altinok-1230noon-november-21-2025-en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oldposts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25952"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25970,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25952\/revisions\/25970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}