| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment |
| 01/19 |
Introduction | pdf |
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| 01/24 |
Designing & interpreting experiments | pdf |
Aslin & Langlois |
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| 01/26 |
Nature & nurture in development | pdf |
S&A Ch 1 |
CR1 due |
| 01/31 |
Nature & nurture cont. | pdf |
Gould & Marler |
BQ1 due |
| 02/02 |
Neuro-embryology | pdf |
Time magazine; M. Johnson |
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| 02/07 |
Effects of experience on the brain | pdf |
Nelson |
BQ2 due |
| 02/09 |
Sensory development: seeing in infancy | pdf |
S&A pp. 141-7, 152-4; Kellman & Arterberry |
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| 02/14 |
Sensory development: hearing & other senses | pdf |
S&A pp. 164-6, 170-2; Kellman & Arterberry cont. |
BQ3 due |
| 02/16 |
Motor development: reaching, walking, & maturation | pdf |
Adolph |
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| 02/21 |
EXAM 1 (in class) |
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| 02/23 |
Perception of depth & distance | pdf |
S&A pp. 161-4, 172-81; Gunderson et al. |
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| 02/28 |
Perceiving objects & patterns | pdf |
S&A pp. 147-52, 154-61; S. Johnson; Turati et al. |
BQ4 due |
| 03/01 |
Perception 3; Infant synesthesia | pdf | pdf2 |
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| 03/06 |
Piaget's theory | pdf |
S&A Ch 2 |
BQ5 due |
| 03/08 |
Infants' understanding of the physical world | pdf |
Baillargeon |
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| 03/13 |
NO CLASS - Spring Break |
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| 03/15 |
NO CLASS - Spring Break |
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| 03/20 |
Children's concepts of number & counting | pdf |
Wynn |
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| 03/22 |
Children's concepts of space & classification | pdf |
S&A Ch 8 |
CR2 due |
| 03/27 |
Theory of mind | pdf |
S&A Ch 9;
Onishi & Baillargeon;
Wood et al. |
BQ6 due |
| 03/29 |
Information processing: memory & attention | pdf |
S&A pp. 65-75, 226-253, 258-267 (Optional: S&A pp. 75-82) |
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| 04/03 |
EXAM 2 (in class) |
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| 04/05 |
Folk biology; Sociocultural theories | pdf | pdf2 |
S&A Ch 4 |
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| 04/10 |
Language development & nature/nurture | pdf |
S&A Ch 6 |
BQ7 due |
| 04/12 |
Language development | pdf |
S&A Ch 5, pp. 166-70
Werker & Desjardins |
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| 04/17 |
Language development | pdf |
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BQ8 due |
| 04/19 |
Language development | pdf |
|
Project due |
| 04/24 |
Intelligence/behavioral genetics | pdf |
Rutter; Johnson et al. |
BQ9 due |
| 04/26 |
Later development: academic achievement, the frontal lobe | pdf |
Ramey & Ramey; Thompson-Schill et al.; Hirsh-Pasek & Golinkoff
OPTIONAL: NY Times article |
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| 05/01 |
Concluding issues in development; Project summary | pdf |
S&A Ch 12 |
CR3 due-Fri, 5/4 |
| 05/10 |
EXAM 3 (4:00pm; Dewey 1-101) |
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