PSY 3378 Cognitive Development

3 units
Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Development of children s cognitive abilities beginning in infancy and progressing through the preschool and early school years. Theories of cognitive development including Piagetian, Vygotskyan, information-processing, and theory-theory. Development of reasoning about the physical world, representational skills, memory, planning and problem-solving, language, and social cognition.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: 54 university course units including PSY 1101 , PSY 1102 , ( PSY 2105 or PSY 2114 ). Reserved for students enrolled in the Joint Honours, Honours programs in psychology, and the Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Design.

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall
Winter

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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