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| 1 | Sept. 5 | Introductions: you, me, and the course | |
| 2 | Sept. 8 | Developmental psych.: perspectives & issues | Chapter 1 |
| 3 | Sept. 10 | Developmental
theories
Theories in Developmental Psych |
Ch. 2: pp 29-50 |
| 4 | Sept. 12 | Developmental theories (continued) | Ch. 2: 29-50 |
| 5 | Sept. 15 | Developmental
research (scientific) methods Research
Methods
Experimental Designs |
Ch. 2: 50-63 |
| 6 | Sept. 17 | Genetics: "genotype" vs "phenotype" | Ch. 3: 65-82 |
| 7 | Sept. 19 | Chromosomal abnormalities Misc. Notes on Genetics Principles of Teratogenic Effects | Ch. 3: 82-95 |
| 8 | Sept. 22 | Genetic Councelling, Prenatal Development | Ch. 4: 97-118 |
| 9 | Sept. 24 | Childbirth: Class discussions, Interview assignment #1 due Quotes etc. re. Childbirth | Ch. 4: 118-27 |
| 10 | Sept. 26 | Childbirth
(continued)
Brain Development Brain Development |
Ch.
4: 118-27
Ch. 5: 138-43 |
| 11 | Sept. 29 | Brain
Development
Infant Perceptual Abilities |
Ch.
5: 138-43
Ch. 5: 149-53 |
| 12 | Oct. 1 | Piaget & Sensorimotor intelligence | Ch. 6: 161-79 |
| 13 | Oct. 3 | Language Development: perception and IDT Characteristics of Infant Directed Talk (IDT) Functions of IDT | Ch. 6: 184-89 |
| 14 | Oct. 6 | Language Development: Production | Ch. 6: 180-84 |
| 15 | Oct. 8 | Language production, Infant Emotions Emotions | Ch.
4: 124-26
Ch. 7: 205-20 |
| 16 | Oct.10 | Temperament,
"Bonding" and
"Attachment" Attachment Types |
Ch. 7: 205-20 |
| Oct. 13 | Thanksgiving, No Classes | ||
| 17 | Oct. 15 | Attachment cont. | Ch. 9: 249-75 |
| 18 | Oct. 17 | Preoperational
Thinking, Class discussions,
Interview
assignment #2 due
Characteistics of Preoperational Thought Return Interview assignment #1 |
Ch. 9: 249-75 |
| 19 | Oct. 20 | Preoperational
Thinking (cont.)
Review for Midterm, |
Chapters 1-7 & 9 |
| 20 | Oct. 22 | Midterm
Test:
Will cover both text and class material |
All of Chapters 1-7 & 9 |
| 21 | Oct. 24 | Children's
art: Children's
drawing
Howard Gardner How Children's Drawings Change |
Ch. 8: 232-33 |
| 22 | Oct. 27 | Self-awareness
& Gender socialization
Self-Recognition Gender-Typing |
Ch. 10: 277-86 |
| 23 | Oct. 29 | Socialization (gender and other...) | |
| 24 | Oct. 31 | Parenting
styles: Parenting
SES Correlates of Parenting Poverty in Canada Risks of being poor |
Ch. 10: 286-98 |
| 25 | Nov. 3 | Parenting
- continued (sibs, birth order & IQ, changes to the Canadian family)
The Canadian Family |
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| 26 | Nov. 5 | Guest
lecture: Transgenerational Patterns of Abuse
Prof. Elaine Campbell
Characteristics of the Abused Child Effective Parenting Skills Transgenerational Transmission of Abuse |
Chapter 8: 233-47 |
| 27 | Nov. 7 | Parenting - continued (SES, divorce, etc.) | |
| 28 | Nov. 10 | School
age cognition, Information Processing: Concrete
Operational Thought
Information Processing Criticisms of Piaget |
Ch. 12: 325-39 |
| 29 | Nov. 12 | Cultural
differences in education
School rankings |
Ch. 12: 340-51 |
| 30 | Nov. 14 | Resiliency / Adolescent biosocial | Ch. 14: 385-409 |
| 31 | Nov. 17 | Adolescent
Cognition
(omitted section on Moral reasoning) |
Ch. 15: 411-22 |
| 32 | Nov. 19 | Adolescent
Sexuality
Adolescent Sexual Behaviour Bem's Theory of Homosexual Development |
Ch. 15: 425-35 |
| 33 | Nov. 21 | Adolescent
Psychosocial
Identity Formation |
Ch. 16: 437-60 |
| 34 | Nov. 24 | Early Adulthood Cognitive development | Ch.
18: 491-496
& 500-507 |
| 35 | Nov. 26 | Intelligence
(Mid adulthood- cog)
Adult Cognition Intelligence Quotients Changes in IQ |
Ch. 21: 565-81 |
| 36 | Nov. 28 | Review
for final: Term
Papers due
Sample Questions |
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