Revised Course Outline and
Schedule for PSYC 215 (subject to change)
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Jan 17 |
Basic Questions and
History |
Chapter 1 |
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Jan 19 |
Measuring Development |
Chapter 1 |
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Jan 24 |
The Evolutionary Context
of Development |
Chapter 2 |
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Jan 26 |
Is Development Inevitable? |
Chapter 2 |
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Jan 31 |
The Cultural Context of
Development |
Chapter 2 |
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Feb 2 |
Do Genes Determine
Development? |
Chapter 3 |
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Feb 7 |
Prenatal Development and
Birth |
Chapter 3 |
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Feb 9 |
Quiz 1 |
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Feb 14 |
Brain Development |
Chapter 4 |
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Feb 16 |
First Adaptations |
Chapter 4 |
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Feb 21 |
An Introduction to
Piaget’s Theory |
Chapter 5 |
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Feb 23 |
Sensorimotor Development |
Chapter 5 |
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Feb 28 |
The Importance of Early
Experience |
Chapter 6 |
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Mar 2 |
Attachment Theory |
Chapter 6 |
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Mar7 |
Quiz 2 |
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Mar 9 |
Stages of Language
Development Explaining Language Development |
Chapter 7 |
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Mar 14 |
Spring Break – No Class |
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Mar 16 |
Spring Break – No Class |
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Mar 21 |
Parent Effects and Child
Effects |
Chapter 8 |
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Mar 23 |
Knowledge of the Social
World |
Chapter 8 |
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Mar 28 |
Development of
Representational Skill |
Chapter 9 |
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Marr 30 |
Attention and Memory in
Children |
Chapter 9 |
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Apr 4 |
Quiz 3 |
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Apr 6 |
The Beginnings of Identity Writing Assignment Due |
Chapter 10 |
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Apr 11 |
Aggression in Childhood |
Chapter 10 |
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Apr 13 |
Cognitive Changes in
Middle Childhood |
Chapter 11 |
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Apr 18 |
IQ and Schooling |
Chapter 11 |
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Apr 20 |
Peer Relations and
Character Development |
Chapter 12 |
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Apr 25 |
Achievement and Schooling |
Chapter 12 |
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Apr 27 |
Quiz 4 |
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May 4 (8 AM) |
Final Exam
(essay format) |
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