H-250
Developmental Psychology: Psychology of Early Childhood
(Formerly titled The Psychology of Early Childhood)
Paul L. Harris
This course is an introduction to theories and findings in the psychology of early childhood, roughly the period from 18 months to 6 years. The course will cover attachment; pretense and imagination; theory of mind/autism; moral development; memory development; emotion and understanding emotion; vocabulary growth; cross-cultural variation; brain development; learning through dialogue; and children’s religious concepts.
This course is also offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Psychology 16.
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