3.00 Credits
This advanced graduate reading course examines, in detail, the empirical investigation of the development of the human organism from conception through the second to third year of postnatal life. Research, issues, and theoretical models relating to a variety of areas in infant development are studied in a seminar format. Areas of study include history and systems, research methods, birth processes, genetic factors, basic sensory and perceptual abilities and mechanisms of development, psychological and motor milestones, infant cognition and social cognition, early communication, social development and attachment. An empirically-based developmental psychological approach will be incorporated. Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of the instructor.