Schedule

BCSC 170: Lecture Schedule

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Date
Topic & Readings
Assignment (pages refer to print version
08/25
Introduction to the Course: History & Themes
Chapter 1 (pp. 1 - 23)
08/30
Research Methods in Developmental Psychology
Chapter 1 (pp. 25 - 36)
09/01
Research Methods in Developmental Psychology II
Assignment 1 – Due by midnight, 8/31
 
09/06
Labor Day – No Class
 
09/08
Prenatal Development
Chapter 2 (pp. 40 - 65)
09/13
Newborn
Chapter 2 (pp. 66 - 74)
09/15
Biological Basis of Behavior
Assignment 2 – Due by midnight, 9/14
Chapter 3 (pp. 78 - 102)
09/20
Growth & Motor Development
Chapter 3 (pp. 104 - 113)
Chapter 5 (pp. 176 - 182)
09/22
Perceptual Development
Chapter 5 (pp. 158 -174)
09/24
**Position Paper #1 Due**
5:00 PM
09/27
Cognitive Development I (Theories)
Assignment 3 – Due by midnight, 9/26
Chapter 4 (pp. 117 - 153)
09/29
Cognitive Development II
Chapter 5 (pp.184-193)
10/04
Language
Chapter 6 (pp. 198 - 226)
10/06
Representation & Symbols
Chapter 6 (pp. 227 - 232)
10/11
Concepts & Categories
Chapter 7 (pp. 235 – 271)
10/13
****Exam 1****
 
10/15
**Position Paper #2 Due**
5:00 PM
10/18
Intelligence
Chapter 8 (pp. 275 - 297)
10/20
Academic Achievement
Chapter 8 (pp. 298 – 312)
10/25
Special Topic
 
10/27
Fantasy / Magic / Imagination
TBA
11/01
Theories of Social Development
Chapter 9
11/03
Emotional Development
Chapter 10 (pp. 352- 372)
11/08
Temperament
Assignment 4 - Due by midnight, 11/7
Chapter 10 (pp. 373 – 385)
11/10
Attachment / Self
Chapter 11
11/12
**Position Paper #3 Due**
5:00 PM
11/15
The Family
Chapter 12
11/17
Peer Relations
Chapter 13
11/22
Stress & Coping
 
11/24
**Final Position Paper Due**
Thanksgiving Recess begins at noon - No Class
**12:00PM (i.e., noon)
11/29
Moral Development
Chapter 14
12/01
Gender Development
Assignment 5 - Due by midnight, 11/30
Chapter 15
12/06
Adolescence & Beyond
Chapter 16
12/08
****Exam 2****