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Academic Year 2001/2002
Research Seminar: Infant Language Development
PSYC 393 FA
This course provides students who have already had background in developmental and/or cognitive psychology with in-depth experience in designing, conducting, and writing up scientific studies on the beginnings of
language development in infancy. Students
will participate in research team(s), given the nature of infancy research. The work of the course will rely strongly on laboratory research projects and on laboratory research and on related discussions of primary
source readings on research and
methodology.
MAJOR READINGS
Primary source readings (journal articles, book chapters) e.g. WERKER ET AL (1981), Developmental Aspects of Cross-language Speech Perception. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 52, 349-355 Best et al. (1988) Examination of
perceptual reorganization for nonnative
speech contrasts: Zulu click discrimination by English speaking adults and infants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: HPP, 14 345-360
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Research reports, research proposals, laboratory work.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
The course is intended for students who have an interest in conducting research studies on cognitive development and/or developmental psycholonguistics during the infancy period. Prior coursework in either the
Developmental area or the Cognitive area:
PSYC230 or PSYC231 or PSYC222 or PSYC220, or comparable courses inside or outside of Psychology. Prior or concurrent coursework in statistics (PSYC201-214 or comparable) is recommended but not required. This is a
specialized course in Developmental
Psychology. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit
a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Laboratory
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM PSYC
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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