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PSYC 296 - What Children Know

Examines the evolution of children’s knowledge about the physical world; the biological world; language, number and other symbolic systems; and the social world. How do infants’ and children’s perceptual and cognitive abilities interact with input from caretakers to advance their knowledge? How do symbolic systems such as language and writing get internalized? How is cognitive development relevant to education? Related topics are the evolution of language in the human species, the history of number and writing systems and animal cognition.

Prerequisites for this course require a grade of C- or better

This course fulfills the capstone requirement of the Psychology major.

Prerequisites: PSYC 150  , and a mid-level seminar (PSYC 236-259)

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically.
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