TMH: Syllabus: PSYCH 2090

PSYCH 2090: Issues in Development

Spring1998

Professor: Jerome Kagan

Required Readings:

Handbook of Child Psychology, Volume 2, Fifth Edition (I 998), Chapters 1, 5, 6, & 15.
Handbook of Child Psychology, Volume 3, Fifth Edition, Chapters 4, 13.
Kagan, J., Unstable Ideas. Harvard University Press.
Kagan, J., Galen's Pro h@ec . Basic Books (I 994).
Kagan, J., Three Seductive Ideas. Harvard University Press.

Suggested Readings:

I. M. Marks. (1987) Fears, Phobias, Rituals. Oxford University Press .
L. Weiskrantz. (1997) Consciousness Lost and Found. New York: Oxford .
N. Block & 0. Flanagan. (1997) The Nature of Consciousness. MIT Press .
H. Gardner, Frames of Mind. New York: Basic Books.
R. D. Alexander, (1987) The Biology of Moral Systems. New York: DeGruiter.
The Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (1996), Volume 43, pp. 61-134.
D. Magnusson, (1988) Individual Development from an Interactional Perspective. Erlbaum .
J. Bowlby, (1969) Attachment and Loss, Volume 1. New York: Basic Books.

SYLLABUS

Date General Theme Reading

February 4 Issues in Development Chapter I & 2, Unstable Ideas

February 11 The Meaning of Constructs Chapter 1, Three Seductive Ideas

February 18 Cognitive Development in Infancy Chapters I & 5, Volume 2 of the Handbook of Child Psychology, Chapters by Johnson & Haith.

February 25 Cognitive Development in Infancy Chapter 6, Volume 2 of the Handbook of Child Psychology, Chapter 6 by Mandler.

March 4 The Development of Fear Chapters 1-3, Galen's Prophecy.

March 11 Temperament Chapters 4-6, Galen's Prophecy

March 18 Temperament Chapters 7-9, Galen's Prophecy; Chapter 4, Volume 3 of the Handbook of Child Psychology; Chapter by Jerome Kagan on the Biology of the Child

March 25 No Class Spring Break

April 8 Morality and a Moral Sense Chapter 13, Volume 3 of the Handbook of Child Psychology by Eliot Turiel; Chapter 3, Three Seductive Ideas.

April 15 Guest Lecture Chapters 7-9, Unstable Ideas

April 22 No Class

April 29 Identification Chapter 2, Three Seductive Ideas

May 6 The Transition to Childhood Chapter 15, Volume 2 of the Handbook of Child Psychology by R. Case.

May 13 Continuity in Development Chapter 2, Three Seductive Ideas

	SYLLABUS
Date	General Theme	Reading
February 4	Issues in Development	Chapter I & 2, Unstable Ideas
February 11	The Meaning of Constructs	Chapter 1, Three Seductive Ideas
February 18	Cognitive Development in Infancy	Chapters I & 5, Volume 2 of the Handbook of Child Psychology, Chapters by Johnson & Haith.
February 25	Cognitive Development in Infancy	Chapter 6, Volume 2 of the Handbook of Child Psychology, Chapter 6 by Mandler.
March 4	The Development of Fear	Chapters 1-3, Galen's Prophecy.
March 11	Temperament	Chapters 4-6, Galen's Prophecy
March 18	Temperament	Chapters 7-9, Galen's Prophecy; Chapter 4, Volume 3 of the Handbook of Child Psychology; Chapter by Jerome Kagan on the Biology of the Child
March 25	No Class	Spring Break
April 8	Morality and a Moral Sense	Chapter 13, Volume 3 of the Handbook of Child Psychology by Eliot Turiel; Chapter 3, Three Seductive Ideas.
April 15	Guest Lecture	Chapters 7-9, Unstable Ideas
April 22	No Class
April 29	Identification	Chapter 2, Three Seductive Ideas
May 6	The Transition to Childhood	Chapter 15, Volume 2 of the Handbook of Child Psychology by R. Case.
May 13	Continuity in Development	Chapter 2, Three Seductive Ideas

One paper will be due on May 13; in addition, there will be a final exam.

Created: 01 March 1999.
Last updated: 01 March 1999.