SYLLABUS FOR PSYCH 105

WEEK OF: TUESDAY THURSDAY READING ASSIGNMENTS DUE
8/31 Course Overview Presentations from CEC and CLASP staff

Developmental Mind-Boggle:
Questions and Theories
Chapter 1 Syllabus quiz due before class on 9/7
9/7 The Mechanics of Answering Our Questions NO CLASS (Rosh Hashanah) Chapter 2  
9/14 Inheritance and Evolution of Culture and Biology Embryos, Fetuses, Environments, and Birth Chapter 3
 
9/21 Perinatal Behaviors, Interactions, and Complications Development in Early Infancy Chapter 4  
9/28 Motor Development: Description and D.S.T. Piaget Chapter 5  
10/5 Social Development in Infancy:
Emotional Development, Attachment, and Self
Babies movie Chapter 6  
10/12 Internship Discussion and Review MIDTERM  
Babies movie write-up due in class on 10/12
10/19 NO CLASS (Fall Break) Linguistics and Its Puzzles Chapter 7 Internship diaries due in class on 10/21
10/26 Language Acquisition: Description and Explanation Pre-operational Piaget (and the ensuing revolt) Chapter 8  
11/2 Social Development I: Identity Development and Morality Social Development II:
Aggression, Self-Regulation, and Prosocial Behavior
Chapter 9  
11/9 Contexts: Kin, Cable, and Community

Guest Lecturer at 4:00 PM:
Professor Robert Lickliter
NO CLASS (ISDP Conference) Chapter 10  
11/16 Concrete Operations Memory and Intelligence Chapter 11 Lickliter lecture write-up due in class on 11/16
11/23 Skool NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break) Chapter 12  
11/30 Development of Moral Reasoning and Behavior Peer Heroes, Parental Zeros:
Changing Social Landscapes
Chapter 13
 
12/7 Internship Discussion and Review Course Wrap-up  
Internship diaries due in class on 12/7

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