PSYC311 ~ Developmental Psychology

MWF 11-11:50am
Robert Scott Small, Room 3

** Course Syllabus **

Instructor

Dr. Jen Wright
65 Coming Street, Rm 104
953-8196, wrightjj1 @ cofc.edu
Office hours: MWF 10-10:45am & MW 3-5pm (and by appt)
            ** NOTE: I will NOT be holding Weds office hours on 9/9, 10/7, or 11/11 due to College Curriculum Meetings. **

 

Required Reading

  • Text: Santrock, Life-Span Development (12th Edition). McGraw-Hill Publishers.
  • Other reading: 3 articles to be selected from Human Development Annual Editions (09/10).
  • Read about Obama's new Textbook Tax Credit.

Class Schedule

Week M W F Topic
8/24   Intro to Devel Syllabus, Ch1 Sect 1: Introduction
8/31 Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Sect 2: Beginnings
9/07 Ch 4 Ch 4 Ch 5 Sect 3: Infancy
9/14 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 6  
9/21 Exam 1 Ch 7 Ch 7 Sect 4: Early Childhood
9/28 Ch 7 Ch 8 Ch 8  
10/05 Ch 8 OJ1 due -- GRP1 Res Q GRP1 Art Sum & Methodology  
10/12 NO CLASS Ch 11       GRP1 due Ch 11 Sect 6: Adolescence
10/19 Ch 11 Ch 11 Ch 12  
10/26 Ch 12 Ch 12 Ch 12: Revised Proposal Due  
11/02 Exam 2 OJ2 due -- Proposal Peer Review Proposal Peer Review  
11/09 Ch 17      Ch 17 Ch 17 Sect 9: Late Adulthood
11/16 Ch 18 Ch 18 Ch 18/19: 2nd Round Proposal Due  
11/23 Ch 19 NO CLASS NO CLASS  
11/30 Ch 19 Exam 3 OJ3 due --  Group Proposal Presentations!  
12/07 Group Proposal Presentations! Final 12-3   GRP3 due    Vol Project Due  

Lecture Slides
Week 1: Weds, Fri
Ch 01
Ch 02
Ch 03
Ch 04-06
Ch 07-08
Ch 11-12

Observation Journal Assignments

Instructions -- ObJA #1

** Examples of observations that received 75/75 -- Example 1, Example 2

Group Research Projects

Instructions -- GRP #1
Revised Plan (based on class vote) -- new instructions!

Exam Study Guides
 Exam 1
Exam 2