COGS535 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
| Course Code: |
9020535 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Cognitive Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Masters |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Development of infants (first 2 years of life) and pre-schoolers (2-6 years). Theories of development (nativist, empiricist, genetic epistemology, dynamic systems theory (DST)). Basic concepts of development: knowledge representation, learning, maturation, modularity, domain-general vs. domain-specific development, emergence. Research methodology and experimental paradigms. Basic milestones in the development of perception (language, face, objects, action) and production (language, imitation of others´ and planning of own actions), categorization, understanding the physical world, understanding human action, Theory of Mind (ToM), Reasoning/Logic, Causaliy, Number, Attention and Memory (WM and LTM). Developmental cognitive neuroscience, brain development.
