Professor David Moore
108 Broad Hall
Office extension: 71648
E-mail: dmoore@pitzer.edu

Pitzer College
Psychology 199
Seminar in child psychology:
Individual development and evolution
Fall, 2001

Here's only the most pertinent info--I'll discuss details today in class.

Class will meet on Wednesdays from 2:45 - 5:30, in Broad Center 207.

My OFFICE HOURS will be on:

Tuesdays from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

If I need to change these as the semester's schedule becomes clearer, I'll obviously let you know. Also, if by any bizarre twist 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 3 books we'll be reading are:

Dawkins, R. (1990). The selfish gene, (2d ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Gottlieb, G. (1992). Individual development and evolution. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wilson, E. O. (1988). On human nature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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. In addition to these books, we will be reading the work of several other theorists. These Xeroxed readings will be available for you to pick up (at cost) in Pitzer's duplicating center in Bernard hall (copies will also be made available on reserve in the Lucian Marquis Reading Room, by request).

Please Note: Each week, each of you will be asked to proffer at least one question that came to mind while you perused the weekly readings (see requirements for more information). These questions should be submitted (each Monday, by noon) to the Psych 199 site (under "Classes") at Pitzer's Web Crossing Conferencing Site, to help the student who will be leading the discussion two days later prepare for the task.

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