Developmental Psychology (U00587)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-3-DVP-PS

This course focuses on the development of language and cognitive skills, exploring the extent to which they are inter-related and reviewing what can be learned about the path of normal development from linguistic tests. It goes on to explore how such tests can be used to explore cognitive functioning in children with neurodevelopmental pathologies and finally considers specific problems in language development.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Psychology 2 (PS0002).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Psychology, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
11/01/2008	14:00	15:50	Room 1.21, 7 George Square	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Outcomes:
- To enhance awareness of the complexities of the language/thought relationship in human evolution and development.
- To be familiar with some of the main theoretical positions regarding the relationship between language and cognition.
- To know how evidence from non-humans has affected the language/thought debate.
- To understand how tests of reasoning in children relate to the language/thought debate.
- To understand the development of symbolic thought and the relationship between language and symbolic representation.
- To gain knowledge of how children decode pictorial representations, with respect to inferring intentions and naming
- To understand how language normally develops in children and at least 3 ways in which the language and communication system fails to develop normally.