PSY 353 - Cognitive Development

4 credit(s)
As mature thinkers, it’s easy to take your cognitive abilities for granted. In this class, students attain a newfound respect for the cognitive feats they accomplish each day by discussing relevant research and theory that together tells the remarkable story of human cognitive growth from infancy to adolescence. The scope of topics covered range from philosophical underpinnings of cognitive studies, to growth of the central nervous system, to how gene-environment interactions (including socio-cultural variation) gives rise to growth in attention, symbolic thought, folk knowledge, memory and strategy use, language, and social cognition. Discovered knowledge is emphasized, but practical applications are also considered.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 150 and PSY 281 with a minimum grade of C; PSY 125 strongly recommended