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PSYC393
Research Seminar: Infant Language Development
PSYC393 SP
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Next Offered in 9798 SP
This course provides students who have already had
background in developmental and/or cognitive psychology and
statistics with in-depth experience in designing,
conducting, and writing up scientific studies on the
beginnings of language development in infancy. The work
of the course will rely strongly on discussions of primary
source readings on research and methodology.
MAJOR READINGS
Primary source readings (journal articles,
book chapters) e.g.,
WEKER 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
Eimas et al (1971) Speech perception in infants. SCIENCE,
171, 303-306
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Research reports, research
proposals
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
The course is
intended for students who have an interest in cognitive
development and/or developmental psycholonguistics during
the infancy period. 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: Discussion Laboratory
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
PSYC230 and PSYC201 and PSYC214 or PSYC231 and PSYC201 and PSYC214 or PSYC222
and PSYC201 and PSYC214 or PSYC220 and PSYC201 and PSYC214
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Reference:
Papalia, Diane E. and Sally Wendkos Olds, A CHILD'S
WORLD, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986.
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