Class Syllabus

Please read the assigned material before coming to class. This will enable you to better understand the lectures and participate effectively in classroom activities and discussions.

Cole & Cole = textbook
J & B = Annual Editions reading collection (optional text)
G & C = Readings on the Development of Children (optional text)

REQUIRED READINGS THAT ARE NOT FROM THE REQUIRED TEXTBOOK WILL BE ON RESERVE AT THE BARNARD LIBRARY
* indicates readings that are optional (available on reserve and recommended if you find a topic particularly interesting)

 

Nov. 19

The Impact of Media

Cole & Cole, Chapter 11, pp. 440 � 449

Centerwall, �Television and Violent Crime�

Siano, �Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed: Chasing the Monster of TV Violence�

 

Nov. 21

Schooling

Cole & Cole, Chapter 13, pp. 503 � 525

 

* Galinsky, �Do Working Parents Make the Grade?� pp. 160 - 163(J & B)

 

Nov. 26

Intelligence

Cole & Cole, Chapter 13, pp. 525 � 548

Neiser et. al., �Intelligence, Knowns and Unknowns,� pp. 221 � 235���������� (G & C)

 

Nov. 28

Moral Development

Cole & Cole, Chapter 14, pp. 553 � 570

Damon, �The Moral Development of Children,� pp. 168 �174�� (J & B)

 

FOURTH SHORT PAPER DUE

Dec. 3

Peer Relations and Friendship

Cole & Cole, Chapter 14, pp. 571 � 594

 

* Crick & Ladd, �Children�s Perception of their Peer Experiences:Attributions, Loneliness, Social Anxiety, and Social Avoidance,�pp. 181 � 195(G & C)

 

Dec. 5

Adolescence

Cole & Cole, Chapter 16

 

Dec. 10

Review

 

 

Dec. 14

 

FIFTH SHORT PAPER DUE

TBA

Final Exam