SSY105 1955 Schedule

Changes are in RED.

 

Date

Topic

Reading

Other

Unit 1: Introduction

1

3/11

Fields, Theories, & Research

Hunt: 1-8

P. H. Miller: 1-22

Crain: Ch. 1

 

Unit 2: Biological Development

2

3/18

Neurons & The Brain

Smilkstein2001.pdf

Hock: Rozenzweig.pdf Rushton&Larkin.pdf

Posner.pdf

Quiz 1: In-class

&

Quiz 2: Take-home

3

3/25

Genes, Gesell, & Maturation

Archives Meeting

 

Hock: Bouchard.pdf

Hock: Zajonc&Markus.pdf

GeneticDiseasesCrain: Ch. 2

Quiz 3: Discussion Board

4

4/1

Nature vs Nurture

P. H. Miller: 432-436

P. H. Miller: 339-365

Hock: Gibson&Walk.pdf 

Hock: Turnbull.pdf

Archives Project 1

Quiz 4: Take-home

Unit 3: Learning and Cognition

5

4/8

Behaviorism & Information Processing

Crain: Ch. 8

P. H. Miller: 213-276

Hunt: 208-223

bjork&bjork.pdf

Quiz 5: In-class

6

4/15

Intelligence Theories

Hunt: 224-241

gardner.pdf

sternberg.pdf

Research Paper 1

Quiz 6: Discussion Board

Spring Break:  4/18-4/24

Unit 4: Cognitive Development

7

4/29

Piagetian Theory

Crain: Ch. 5 & 6

Piaget: 333-336

Quiz 7: In-class

8

5/6

Cultural-Historical Activity Theory

Crain: Ch. 10

rogoff.pdf

Research Paper 2

Quiz 8: Discussion Board

9

5/13

Language & Sociolinguistics

G. A. Miller: 109-120

Crain: 348-368

Gee  introduction

Quiz 9: In-class

Unit 5: Socio-Emotional Development

10

5/20

Temperament, Psychoanalysis, & Attachment

Short (video)

Crain: Ch. 3, 11 & 12

Research Paper 3

Quiz 10: Take-Home

11

5/27

 Parenting & School 

Crain: Ch. 9

http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/ceduc/parentingstyles.html

Parenting Styles

Tough.pdf                    Bracey.pdf

Archives Project 2

Quiz 11: In-class

12

6/3

Gender, Race, Ethnicity, & Class

Hock: Rosenthal&Jacobson.pdf

Gilligan: 5-23

Hock: Triandis.pdf

Morgan: 1-16; 55-75; 118-120

Quiz 12: Discussion Board

 

6/10

School Experiences Video Screening

 

Final Research Paper due