Professor David Moore
108 Broad Hall
Office extension: 71648
Pitzer College
Psychology 154
Cognitive Development
Spring, 2007
Here's only the most pertinent info--I'll discuss details
today in class.
Class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 - 1:10,
in Broad Center, room 207.
Lab will meet on Wednesdays from 1:15-2:30
(in Broad Center, room 207 as well).
My OFFICE HOURS will be on:
Wednesdays from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
If I need to change these as the semester's schedule becomes
clearer, I'll obviously let you know. Also, if by any
turn of events this turns out not to be enough, I'll certainly
arrange for others. In addition, I'm free to be scheduled -- in
fact, I'd actually prefer it if you'd make an appointment with me
if you'd like to talk. Under any circumstances, I'll be in my
office or lab lots, so you can just drop on in.
The 2 books we'll be reading sections of are:
Flavell, J.H., Miller, P. H., & Miller, S. A. (2002). Cognitive Development
(4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Siegler, R.S. and Alibali, M. W. (2005). Children's Thinking (4th ed.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
If you won't be able to buy the books, let me know--I can
attempt to ensure that they will be available on reserve in Honnold Library.
A NOTE ABOUT IN THIS COURSE:
This is a "writing intensive" course, as described on pages 12 & 13 of the 2006-2007
Pitzer College course catalogue. What this means is that you will be expected to have
completed some written work virtually every week. This does not mean
you must produce new material each week; rather, you will be expected to
improve drafts of previous work (because that, in fact, is how
high-quality writing gets produced in the "real world"). Plan on submitting
a first draft of the following four assignments to a fellow student AT
LEAST one week before it is due in my hands:
Piaget Lab
Project proposal
Memory Lab
Project