HD 6310 - [Advanced Topics in Cognitive Development]

(crosslisted) COGST 6310

Spring. Next Offered: 2019-2020. 3 credits. Student option grading.

M. Casasola.

Designed to help students develop a broad understanding of the mechanisms, processes, and current issues in cognitive development and learn to do critical, in-depth analyses of developmental research. Discusses how children’s thinking changes over the course of development and evaluates psychological theories and research on various aspects of cognitive development. Topics include perception, representation and concepts, reasoning and problem solving, social cognition, memory, metacognition, language and thought, and academic skills.