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Academic Year 2002/2003


Research Seminar: Infant Language Development
PSYC 393 SP

Clusters:

Linguistics

For students who already have background in developmental psychology and psycholinguistics with in-depth experience in conducting scientific studies on the beginnings of language development in infancy. Students will participate in research team(s). The work of the course will rely strongly on laboratory research 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 proposal, laboratory work, discussions.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

The course is intended for students who have an interest in conducting research studies on developmental psycholinguistics 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: PSYC101 OR PSYC105 OR PSYC230 OR PSYC231 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003


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