Infancy

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Overview

Subject area

PSY

Catalog Number

343

Course Title

Infancy

Department(s)

Description

This course is concerned with how infants come to understand the world around them. Students will learn classic and current theoretical perspectives on infant development as well as methodologies and results from recent empirical papers. We will discuss what sort of evidence would provide a meaningful answer to the question of how learning occurs. Topics to be discussed include prenatal development, physical and motor development, and cognitive, perceptual, language, and emotional development.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

No

Credits

Minimum Units

4

Maximum Units

4

Academic Progress Units

4

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

4

Requisites

035614

Course Schedule