Psych 240A Winter 2012 syllabus 5 - Courses in Psychology - UCLA

Final Papereach of the four writing assignments, rate their quality, and provide some writtenfeedback to the authors.40% of the grade will be based on a final paper. The final paper will be due one week after thefinal class, and will likely consist of a brief research proposal, including a statement of theproblem, the specific research question, a review of a few relevant studies, and a researchdesign. Paper topics should be discussed with one of the instructors and approved in advance.Our philosophy is that the paper you write should, in some way, move you along your careerpath. Thus, we will be flexible on the type of paper you write. Please talk with one of theinstructors as you develop your paper topic.Schedule of Classes1/13 Introduction to the Course (class starts at 10:15 this day only)1/20 Foundations of Development in Infancy: Methods and Theory• Aslin, R. N. (2007). What’s in a look? Developmental Science, 10, 48-53.• Johnson, S. P. (2010). How infants learn about the visual world. Cognitive Science,34, 1158-1184.• Spelke, E. S. & Kinzler, K. D. (2007). Core knowledge. Developmental Science,10, 89–96.• Spencer, J. P., Blumberg, M. S., McMurray, B., Robinson, S. R., Samuelson, L.K., and Tomblin, J. B. (2009). Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should nolonger abide the nativist–empiricist debate. Child Development Perspectives, 3, 79-87.1/27 Perceptual Development in Infancy• Bhatt, R. S., & Quinn, P. C. (2011). How does learning impact development ininfancy? The case of perceptual organization. Infancy, 16, 2-38.• Saffran, J. R., Aslin, R. N., & Newport, E. L. (1996). Statistical learning by 8-montholdinfants. Science, 274, 1926-1928.• Kirkham, N. Z., Slemmer, J. A., & Johnson, S. P. (2002). Visual statistical learningin infancy: Evidence for a domain general learning mechanism. Cognition, 83, B35-B42.• Werker, J. F., & Tees, R. C. (2002). Cross-language speech perception: Evidencefor perceptual reorganization during the first year of life. Infant Behavior &Development, 25, 121-133.2/3 Social Development in Infancy• Hamlin, J. K., Wynn, K., & Bloom, P. (2007). Social evaluation by preverbal infants.Nature, 450, 557-560.• Farroni, T., Csibra, G., Simion, F., & Johnson, M. H. (2002). Eye contact detectionin humans from birth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 99,9602-9605.• Frank, M. C., Vul, E., & Johnson, S. P. (2009). Development of infants’ attention tofaces during the first year. Cognition, 110, 160-170.• Kuhl, P. K. (2004). Early language acquisition: Cracking the speech code. NaturePsych 240A 2012 – Page 2