Psyc311: Developmental Psychology

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Psyc311 Developmental Psychology

• Dr. Jen Wright
• TR 1050-1205
• TR 140-255
• Maybank 103

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• Why study developmental psychology?
• Because you learn so many fascinating things
  about human beings at different phases of their
  lives.
• Just to sample a few cool studies

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we are built to track and respond to our
environments.
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language

• Sensitivity to phonemes
• Infants able to discriminate all sounds from all
  languages
• But this is lost as they hone in on their native
  language.

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Naïve physics

• Infants have a surprisingly sophisticated
  understanding of how the world works.

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understanding intentions
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primitive morality
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• Yet, they also display a surprising lack of
  understanding about other things

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conservation tasks
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perspective taking
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Maxi false-belief tasks
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Appearance-reality tasks
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Dual representation
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• And, so to the practical stuff
• the syllabus

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my info

• Dr. Jen Cole Wright
• Office 65 Coming, Room 104
• Office Hours MWF 11-12, TR 9-1030
• and by appt
• Email wrightjj1_at_cofc.edu
• Phone [phone]
• emergencies 843.297.8003 (home) or 843.566.2178
  (cell)

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text

• Berger, K.S. (2008). The Developing Person (7th
  ed). Worth Publishers, NY New York.
• Course website (psycportal) http//courses.bfwpub
  .com/bergerls7e.php

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Course Overview

• Prerequisite Psyc103 Introduction to
  Psychological Science
• This course will give you a general understanding
  of the following
• Theories (current and historical) that underlie
  the study of human development
• Research methodologies applied to the study of
  human development
• More specifically, students will gain knowledge
  in the following areas
• Fundamental changes in development biosocial,
  cognitive, and psychosocial development
• Biosocial development body and brain changes,
  abnormal development, aging
• Cognitive development language, thought, higher
  cognition
• Psychosocial development emotions, gender,
  identity, morality, and sexuality
• Importance of relationships families, friends,
  and romantic partners
• Different contexts of development culture,
  school, work, and leisure
• Psychosocial problems that confront children,
  adolescents, and adults

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Please glance at

• Educational Goals
• Expectations

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Course Requirements

• Attendance/Participation
• Journal Assignments
• Research Proposal
• Exams
• Extra Credit Service Opportunity

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Attendance / Course participation (50 pts)

• Attendance and participation are mandatory!
• Learning is not a spectator sport!
• You will receive up to 20 points for your general
  attendance and participation.
• In addition, you will receive up to 10 points for
  participation in each of three in-class debate
  (see schedule).

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Journal Assignments (280 points)

• You will turn in four journal assignments (up to
  70 points each) throughout the course of the
  semester. Each assignment will encompass two
  developmental periods from the text
• Journal 1 Part I the beginning Part II the
  1st two years due 2/5Journal 2 Part III the
  play years Part IV the school years due
  3/12Journal 3 Part V adolescence Part VI
  emerging adulthood due 4/7Journal 4 Part VII
  adulthood Part VIII late adulthood due
  4/28
• Each journal assignment will include the
  following
• 1) 1 hour scientific observation of someone from
  within at least one of the developmental periods
• 2) 1 page answers to 2 of 3 critical thinking
  questions (provided by me)
• 3) short personal essay discussing the
  significance of each developmental period in your
  own life

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Research Proposal (100 points)

• You will be required to develop an APA formatted
  research proposal which will briefly (7-10 pages)
  articulate the following
• A research (developmental) question that you
  would like to research
• Why we should consider it to be worth researching
• Why we dont already have a good enough answer to
  the question
• you will do a bit of a literature review
  including reference to 3-5 relevant empirical
  articles
• How you intend to research it
• What you expect to find
• The proposal will be due May 1st.
• More information about the research proposal will
  be given as the semester progresses.

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Exams (500 points)

• There will be four exams over the course of the
  semester
• four regular exams (worth 100 points each)
• one comprehensive final (worth 100 points).
• Note the fourth regular exam and the final will
  be given together.
• MC/TF, essay format
• You will be responsible for information presented
  both in the readings AND in class.

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• Exam Retakes (available only for the first three
  regular exams)
• Students have the opportunity to earn back points
  for missed questions on one exam by engaging in
  an oral exam retake with me. Details about this
  will be given after the first exam.
• Make-up Exams
• Students will have the opportunity to make up one
  missed exam.
• If the absence was a non-emergency, then
  permission from me must be obtained PRIOR to the
  scheduled exam AND written documentation from the
  appropriate authority (e.g., doctor, coach, etc.)
  must be provided.
• If the absence was an emergency (e.g., sudden
  severe illness, death in family) then an approved
  absence must be obtained from the Absence Memo
  Office (67 George Street, 953-3390).

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extra credit project (max 50 pts)

• You will have the opportunity to receive extra
  credit points through a volunteer project.
• You will choose a particular age group and then
  identify an organization that targets this age
  group.
• You will be expected to volunteer for this
  organization for 5 to 10 hours during the
  semester and to finalize the volunteer experience
  by writing an essay that applies developmental
  concepts/theories learned in class to your
  volunteer experience.
• Other Extra Credit For those not doing a
  volunteer project, you can receive extra credit
  for taking online chapter quizzes on the
  psycportal by the assigned date. You will receive
  1 point per quiz.

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grading
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please see syllabus

• for information on
• Additional assistance
• Academic integrity (Honor Code)

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