COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PSYCH 406 , 413, 414 , 460 , 462 , or 464 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the basic tenents of major theories of cognitive development and highlight points of similarity and differences among them. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and explain the major methodological approaches used in the field of cognitive development by researchers who adopt different theoretical perspectives. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret children's behaviors from different theoretical perspectives and in light of existing knowledge about the development of perception, language, memory, concepts, social cognition, problem solving, and academic skills. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe basic phenomena and theoretical accounts of perceptual development, language development, memory development, concept development, the development of social cognition, the development of problem solving, and the development of academic skills. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Practice identifying claims about cognitive development in popular press, evaluating those claims based on evidence in the scientific literature, and evaluating popular press articles in light of the alignment between claims and evidence. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the basic tenents of major theories of cognitive development and highlight points of similarity and differences among them. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and explain the major methodological approaches used in the field of cognitive development by researchers who adopt different theoretical perspectives. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret children's behaviors from different theoretical perspectives and in light of existing knowledge about the development of perception, language, memory, concepts, social cognition, problem solving, and academic skills. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe basic phenomena and theoretical accounts of perceptual development, language development, memory development, concept development, the development of social cognition, the development of problem solving, and the development of academic skills. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Practice identifying claims about cognitive development in popular press, evaluating those claims based on evidence in the scientific literature, and evaluating popular press articles in light of the alignment between claims and evidence. Audience: Undergraduate