Advanced Research in Cognitive Development
PSYC 384
Fall 2006
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01
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This course is designed to allow students to conduct a supervised group research project in cognitive development. Working with the instructor, students will research, plan, design, and execute an experiment that seeks to answer a current question in the field of cognitive development. The class will meet weekly to discuss relevant articles, make research plans, and share progress reports; the results of the study will be compiled in a research report at the end of the term. |
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Essential Capabilities:
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
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| Course Format: Laboratory | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (PSYC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
The readings to be assigned depend on the specifics of the research project for a particular semester. Likely readings include the following:
Barth, H., La Mont, K., Lipton, and Spelke, E. (2005). Abstract Number and Arithmetic in Young Children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(39), 14117-14121.
Barth, H., La Mont, K., Lipton, J., Dehaene, S., Kanwisher, N., and Spelke, E. (2006), Nonsymbolic Arithmetic in Adults and Young Children, Cognition 98, 199-222.
Hauser, M. D. & Spelke, E. S., Evolutionary and Developmental Foundations of Human Knowledge: A Case Study of Mathematics (2004). In Gazzaniga, M.,Ed., The Cognitive Neurosciences, Vol. 3. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Simon, T. J. (1997), Reconceptualizing the Origins of Number Knowledge: A 'Non-numerical Account. Cognitive Development 12 349-372.
Brannon, E. (2002), "The Development of Ordinal Numerical Knowledge in Infancy" Cognition 83 (3): 223-40.
Feigenson, L., Carey, S., and Spelke, E. (2002), Infants' Discrimination of Number vs. Continuous Extent. Cognitive Psychology, 44, 33-66.
Lipton, J.S. and Spelke, E.S. (2005), Preschool Children's Mapping of Number Words to Nonsymbolic Numerosities. Child Development, 76(5), 978-988.
Xu, F. & Spelke, E. S. (2000), Large Number Discrimination in 6-month-old Infants, Cognition, 74, B1-B11.
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Examinations and Assignments:
A semester-long experimental research project, culminating in a research report |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Prerequisite: PSYC230 |
| Instructor(s): Barth,Hilary C. Times: ....R.. 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: JUDD200; |
Permission of Instructor Required
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