Psychology 330s - Lab in Developmental Psychology

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Mount Holyoke College

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Spring 2009 330s(01) Knowledge, Science, and Parent-Child Conversations How do ideas about knowledge (folk epistemology) develop, and how do these ideas relate to the types of reasoning strategies people emphasize using existing transcript data, students will define and explore specific questions about how conversations with parents may help guide elementary school children's emerging ideas about knowledge and about the nature of science. Students will also help develop a questionnaire and collect data to explore variation in these ideas and possible relation to reasoning biases among college students. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement A. Valle Prereq. Psychology 200 and either 230 or 241. Interested students should review course information sheet available from instructor during advising week;?is course also counts in the Cognitive and Perception area of psychology.; 4 credits 330s(02) Adolescent Development in Community Settings This course is a study of research methods in developmental psychology, focusing on observational, survey, and interview techniques for studying young children, adolescents, and adults. It encourages the student to think about the basic issues of developmental psychology research: the conceptualization of problems, design of research, choice of methods to be used, and ethical questions that might arise. Students complete a major research project. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement B. Packard Prereq. Psychology 200, 201, 230 and permission of instructor.; During advising week students must submit a statement by email to the professor.; 4 credits

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3.00

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www.mtholyoke.edu

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(413) 538-2000

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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