PSYC 350
Selected Topics in Developmental Psychology
Fall 2022
Topics
- Brain
- Learning
- Adolescence
- Neuroscience
- Critical thinking
Readings
- Listed material: Textbook: Ward, J. (2016). The Student's Guide to Social Neuroscience (2nd ed.). Psychology Press. ISBN: 9781138908628
- Listed material: The textbook is required reading. Because there is no textbook devoted to developmental social neuro- science ( ͔ ͕ ͖!), we will be covering the “developmental part” together in class.
- Listed material: Article A: Moore III, W.E., Pfeifer, J.H., Masten, C.L., Mazziotta, J.C., Iacoboni, M., & Dapretto, M. (2012). Facing puberty: associations between pubertal development and neural responses to affective facial displays. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, 7, 35-43.
- Listed material: Article B: Galván, A., & McGlennen, K.M. (2013). Enhanced striatal sensitivity to aversive reinforcement in adolescents versus adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25(2), 284-296.
- Listed material: Article C: Pollak, S.D., & Sinha, P. (2002). Effects of early experience on children’s recognition of facial displays of emotion. Developmental Psychology, 38(5), 784-791.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2022
- The outline states that no textbook is required.