web02.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:02:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The It's Innate! Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Critical Psychology” https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/tags/critical%20psychology Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0400 Two opinionated developmental cognitive scientists wax theoretical about how infants and children acquire knowledge! en-us episodic A podcast by two developmental cognitive scientists Deon Benton & Jenny Wang Two opinionated developmental cognitive scientists wax theoretical about how infants and children acquire knowledge! no Deon Benton & Jenny Wang theitsinnatepodcast@gmail.com Episode 35: A 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 take on the cognitive sciences (with Richard Prather) https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/35 5941e50b-e141-4959-8177-3a3c2c0ec746 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0400 Deon Benton & Jenny Wang full Deon Benton & Jenny Wang 1:45:27 no In this episode, we were joined by Dr. Richard Prather, an associate professor in the human development department at the University of Maryland, College Park. In the first segment, we talk about Richard's academic journey, his approach to applying to college and then to graduate school, and how he landed on one of his major research topics -- numerical development. We also talk a bit about computational modeling at the end of this segment. In the second segment, we talk about how the cognitive sciences would benefit from adopting a more critical approach, what even is meant by "critical", how he'd respond to various potential critiques of the approach, whether this framework is feasible for junior scientists, and how he's applied it in his own work. Links Prather, R. W. (2023). A new path: Why we need critical approaches to cognitive and psychological sciences. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 12(2), 195–198. Link (https://www.pratherlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/anewpathpreprint.pdf) Special Guest: Richard Prather. critical psychology, cognitive sciences, number development, number cognition, critical approaches In this episode, we were joined by Dr. Richard Prather, an associate professor in the human development department at the University of Maryland, College Park. In the first segment, we talk about Richard's academic journey, his approach to applying to college and then to graduate school, and how he landed on one of his major research topics -- numerical development. We also talk a bit about computational modeling at the end of this segment.

In the second segment, we talk about how the cognitive sciences would benefit from adopting a more critical approach, what even is meant by "critical", how he'd respond to various potential critiques of the approach, whether this framework is feasible for junior scientists, and how he's applied it in his own work.

Links
Prather, R. W. (2023). A new path: Why we need critical approaches to cognitive and psychological sciences. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 12(2), 195–198. Link

Special Guest: Richard Prather.

]]> In this episode, we were joined by Dr. Richard Prather, an associate professor in the human development department at the University of Maryland, College Park. In the first segment, we talk about Richard's academic journey, his approach to applying to college and then to graduate school, and how he landed on one of his major research topics -- numerical development. We also talk a bit about computational modeling at the end of this segment.

In the second segment, we talk about how the cognitive sciences would benefit from adopting a more critical approach, what even is meant by "critical", how he'd respond to various potential critiques of the approach, whether this framework is feasible for junior scientists, and how he's applied it in his own work.

Links
Prather, R. W. (2023). A new path: Why we need critical approaches to cognitive and psychological sciences. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 12(2), 195–198. Link

Special Guest: Richard Prather.

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