PSYC 333
Cognitive Development Spring 2016
Division II
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Can babies decide which bottle contains more milk? Can toddlers figure out who’s lying? How do kids determine who’s nice and who’s mean? How do children develop the ability to make these decisions, and how do these abilities change over time? In this class, we’ll be reading literature (both seminal and cutting-edge) and designing our own experiments to find the answers to these questions and more. The course will broadly cover aspects of early cognitive development such as memory, numerical cognition, language acquisition, and understanding of other social beings, focusing especially on aspects of the human mind that are present early in life and how they evolve. Students will participate in discussions about primary literature, think about effective science communication, and design and collect data for their own specific area of interest.
The Class: Format: empirical lab course
Limit: 16
Expected: 12
Class#: 3802
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: active participation, regular thought papers and class presentations, written report and oral presentation on an original empirical research project
Extra Info: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites: PSYC 201 and PSYC 232
Enrollment Preferences: Psychology majors
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: PSYC Area 3 - Developmental Psychology

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