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PSYC3016: Developmental Psychology

Unit of Study Code:

PSYC3016

Coordinator:

Dr Micah Goldwater Office: Room 336, Brennan MacCallum Building E-mail: [email protected]

Other Lecturing Staff:

Dr Caroline Moul Office: Room 338, Brennan MacCallum Building E-mail: [email protected]

Tutors:

Kate Ridgway, [email protected] Cecilia (Yu Sze) Law, [email protected] Blake Segula, [email protected]

Format of Unit:

Lectures:

2 x 1 hour/week x 13 weeks

Monday s, 2-3pm, Quad, General Lecture Theatre K2.05 Thursdays, 3-4pm, Physics, Lecture Theatre 1 Tutorials:

1 x 2 hour/week x 10 weeks

See your timetable for your allocated tutorial, time, and location. Credit Point Value:

6 Credit Points

Time Commitment:

4 hours face-to-face per week, with a recommended additional 8 hours of private study per week for reading, reviewing lecture and tutorial content, and working on written assessments (when appropriate).

Lecture attendance:

Expected. Audio recordings made of most lecture content and most slides posted online.

Tutorial attendance:

Required. Attendance recorded.

Prerequisites:

PSYC2013/PSYC2016 or PSYC2X11/PSYC2X10/PSYC2X15

About this unit:

PSYC 3016 is an advanced unit focusing on child development that can stand alone (given the prerequisities), be part of a Behavioural Science Minor, Behavioural Science Major, or the fully accredited Program in Psychology (which alone is part of the APAC accredited pathway to becoming a registered psychologist).

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LECTURE AND TUTORIAL SCHEDULE 2019 Wk 1

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Lecture L1. 5 Aug L2. 8 Aug L3. 12 Aug L4. 15 Aug L5. 19 Aug L6. 22 Aug L7. 26 Aug L8. 29 Aug L9. 2 Sep L10. 5 Sep L11. 9 Sept L12. 12 Sept L13. 16 Sept L14. 19 Sept

Lecture Introduction What is developmental psychology? Theory 1 Classical views Theory 2 Assumptions and Disputes Infant Cognition 1 Methods/Object Knowledge Infant cognition 2 Cause and effect Reasoning & concepts 1 Emergence Reasoning & concepts 2 Abstract thought Sleep and the Brain Reasoning & concepts 3 Executive function Reasoning & concepts 4 Play & Exploration Reasoning & concepts 5 Cross-Cultural differences Language development 1 Introduction Language development 2 Nativist approaches Language development 3 Constructivist approaches

Tutorials

Lecturer Moul

NO TUTORIAL THIS WEEK Goldwater Goldwater

T1. Early experience I: The early caregiving environment

Goldwater Goldwater

T2. Development of Gender Identity & Discussion of In-tutorial presentation. Essay topic released

Goldwater Goldwater

T3. Cognitive development: Conceptual change

Moul/Guest Lecturer Goldwater

T4. Early experience II: Arrested or Accelerated development?

Goldwater Goldwater

T5. ADHD on trial? Is there really a disorder?

Goldwater Goldwater Goldwater

L15. 23 Sept

Nature vs. Nurture

Moul

L16. 26 Sept

Behaviour Genetics 1 The data is in!

Moul

T6. Early experience III: Attendance Optional Child abuse and neglect: The elephant in the room. T7. In-tutorial Presentation

Presenting novel research proposal Optional: Submit essay outline for feedback

MID SEMESTER BREAK

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L0 7 Oct L17. 10 Oct

Labour Day Public Holiday Behaviour Genetics 2 What does the data mean?

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NO TUTORIAL THIS WEEK Moul

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L18. 14 Oct L19. 17 Oct L20. 21 Oct L21. 24 Oct L22. 28 Oct L23. 31 Oct L24. 4 Nov L25. 7 Nov.

Social cognition 1 Implicit and explicit theory of mind Social cognition 2 Development & dysfunction Social cognition 3 The limits of social understanding Moral Development 1 Sentimentalism and conscience Moral Development 2 Moral motivation and Identity Affect and conduct 1

Moul

Developmental Disorders

Moul

Working with children: research and practice

Moul

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STUVAC

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1st Week of Exams

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2nd Week of Exams

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NO TUTORIAL THIS WEEK Moul Moul

T8. Early experience IV: It’s in the genes! (or is it?)

Moul Moul

DUE: Essay (due before 11:59pm, Monday 28 th October) T9. Development gone wrong: Affect and conduct disorders

Moul T10. Exam Preparation & Review

Note. You are expected to be here over the full examination period, we cannot re-schedule your examination. If you have a legitimate reason to reschedule your examination (e.g., jury duty, service) then make an application for Special Consideration and Special Arrangements (https://sydney.edu.au/students/special-consideration.html)

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Assessment Table Assessment Title Compulsory?

Assessment Category

Assessment Type

Presenting a Presentation novel research proposal

Presentation

NO

In class assessments

Essay

YES *

Submitted work

Final Exam

YES *

Exam

Attendance & Participation

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In class assessments

Assignment

Description

2000 word essay

Individual/ Group

Length / Duration

Weight

Individual

4 minutes

15%

Tutorial in Week 8

Individual

2000 words

30%

11:59pm on 11:59pm on Mon 28th Oct Mon 25th Nov

120min; MCQ & SAQ

50%

Central Main exam period

Week 2 to Week 13

5%

Week 2 to Week 13

Exam assessing Individual content from all of the lectures Tutorial Attendance attendance and Individual participation Final Exam

Due Date & Time

Closing Date & Time

100% * completion of these assessments is compulsory; students who do not seriously attempt these components will receive an Absent Fail grade, regardless of the totality of their marks in other assessments Disruptions to your study If your assessments are disrupted by illness or misadventure or unavoidable community commitments, apply for Special Consideration or Special Arrangements online here: http://sydney.edu.au/current_students/special_consideration/index.shtml If you have (or develop) a continuing issue, register with Disability Services here: www.sydney.edu.au/disability In this unit, Simple Extensions are not granted – apply formally for Special Consideration using the link above if you require any extension.

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Assessment standards and criteria Essay (30%) The Essay must be within 5% of the word limit (2000 words, not including the abstract, citations, quotes, footnotes, and references), on the correct topic, in the correct format, and written wholly by you, otherwise it will not be considered a serious attempt. Because this is a compulsory assessment, if you do not submit the Essay, or do not submit a serious attempt at the Essay, you will have to complete serious attempt at an Alternative Essay for 0 marks, otherwise you will receive an Absent Fail grade for PSYC3016. Special Consideration For this assessment, a successful Special Consideration application will result in a reduction in late penalties. If you are so badly affected that you are unable to submit a the Essay before the CLOSING DATE, and if you are approved to do so by Special Consideration, you will have to complete an Alternative Essay. Alternative Essay For those who are granted Special Consideration to do so, or for those who did not submit the Essay, or did not submit a serious attempt at the Essay, the Unit of Study Coordinator will be in contact with you after the CLOSING DATE of the Essay with details of the Alternative Essay (including expectations and due date). Late Penalties You will receive a penalty of 5% of the maximum value of the Essay (i.e. 5 marks) for each calendar day it is submitted after your due date, up to a maximum of 10 days - submissions received after 10 days will be accepted but will receive a penalty of 100%. Submissions will not be accepted at all after the CLOSING DATE. Example submission time 12:03am the day after the DUE DATE (i.e. 4 minutes late) 3 days and 4 seconds after due date (i.e. 4 days) 9 days and 3 hours after due date (i.e. 10 days) 10 days and 5 minutes after the due date (i.e. 11 days)

Penalty applied -5% -20% -50% -100%

Presentation (15%) From the tutorial in Week 3 you will be able to begin preparing for your presentation in the tutorial in Week 8. Every student will have 4 minutes to succinctly present a proposal for novel research that includes figures of predicted findings. Being succinct is imperative as you will be cutoff at 4 minutes exactly. Special Consideration & Replacement Assessment For this assessment a successful Special Consideration application will result in an opportunity to instead complete a written research proposal of equivalent length, content, and substance. Late penalties If you miss your Week 8 tutorial without an approved special consideration application granting you an extension, you will receive a 0 points for this assignment.

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Final Exam (50%) The Final Exam is a compulsory assessment, but so long as you attend, no minimum performance is required. A successful application for Special Consideration or Special Arrangements for the Final Exam will result in you being offered a Replacement Exam during the Central Replacement exam period. Unlike the Final Exam, the format of the Replacement Exam is short answer questions. The Final Exam is never offered earlier. In this course no minimum mark for any assessment automatically results in a fail. If your marks for all assessment tasks add up to 50 or more, you will pass the unit. Academic Honesty While the University is aware that the vast majority of students and staff act ethically and honestly, it is opposed to and will not tolerate academic dishonesty or plagiarism and will treat all allegations of dishonesty seriously. All students are expected to be familiar and act in compliance with the relevant University policies, procedures and codes, which include: 1. Academic Honesty in Coursework Policy 2015 2. Academic Honesty Procedures 2016 3. Code of Conduct for Students 4. Research Code of Conduct 2013 (for honours and postgraduate dissertation units) They can be accessed via the University’s Policy Register: http://sydney.edu.au/policies (enter “Academic Honesty” in the search field). Students should never use document-sharing sites and should be extremely wary of using online “tutor” services. Further information on academic honesty and the resources available to all students can be found on the Academic Integrity page of the University website: http://sydney.edu.au/elearning/student/EI/index.shtml Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Academic dishonesty involves seeking unfair academic advantage or helping another student to do so. You may be found to have engaged in academic dishonesty if you: 1. Resubmit (or “recycle”) work that you have already submitted for assessment in the same unit or in a different unit or previous attempt; 2. Use assignment answers hosted on the internet, including those uploaded to document sharing websites by other students. 3. Have someone else complete part or all of an assignment for you, or do this for another student. 4. Except for legitimate group work purposes, providing assignment questions and answers to other students directly or through social media platforms or document (“notes”) sharing websites, including essays and written reports. 5. Engage in examination misconduct, including using cheat notes or unapproved electronic devices (e.g., smartphones), copying from other students, discussing an exam with another person while it is in progress, or removing confidential examination papers from the examination venue. 6. Engage in dishonest plagiarism. Plagiarism means presenting another person’s work as if it is your own without properly or adequately referencing the original source of the work.

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Plagiarism is using someone else’s ideas, words, formulas, methods, evidence, programming code, images, artworks, or musical creations without proper acknowledgement. If you use someone’s actual words you must use quotation marks as well as an appropriate reference. If you use someone’s ideas, formulas, methods, evidence, tables or images you must use a reference. You must not present someone’s artistic work, musical creation, programming code or any other form of intellectual property as your own. If referring to any of these, you must always present them as the work of their creator and reference in an appropriate way. Plagiarism is always unacceptable, regardless of whether it is done intentionally or not. It is considered dishonest if done knowingly, with intent to deceive or if a reasonable person can see that the assignment contains more work copied from other sources than the student’s original work. The University understands that not all plagiarism is dishonest and provides students with opportunities to improve their academic writing, including their understanding of scholarly citation and referencing practices. Use of similarity detection software All written assignments submitted in this unit of study will be submitted to the similarity detecting software program known as Turnitin. Turnitin searches for matches between text in your written assessment task and text sourced from the Internet, published works and assignments that have previously been submitted to Turnitin for analysis. There will always be some degree of text-matching when using Turnitin. Text-matching may occur in use of direct quotations, technical terms and phrases, or the listing of bibliographic material. This does not mean you will automatically be accused of academic dishonesty or plagiarism, although Turnitin reports may be used as evidence in academic dishonesty and plagiarism decision-making processes. All students commencing their study at the University of Sydney are required to complete the Academic Honesty Education Module (AHEM) which is accessible via your eLearning site. Data collection Note that your participation in this unit of study permits us to use your learning analytics to be used to improve your experience of learning. eLearning/Canvas access You are required to be given access to the eLearning site for this Unit of Study from the beginning of the week before semester begins. This document, and in particular details about assessment due dates, weightings and closing dates, must be available on that eLearning site from that time, and changes will not be made to these details throughout semester except in exceptional circumstances.

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UNIT OF STUDY GENERAL DESCRIPTION PSYC 3016 examines our understanding of human psychological development, focusing on selected issues and empirical traditions within the discipline of Developmental Psychology. Students are expected to gain an understanding of the theoretical perspectives that have come to dominate developmental research (e.g., Rationalism versus Empiricism), and students will also be introduced to a range of theoretical and research approaches in contemporary Developmental Science. These include: children’s affect, conceptual development, children’s thinking, social cognition, friendship, moral reasoning and behaviour, and the role of genetic and environmental influences on development. The course will also consider applications of developmental research and theory in developmental psychopathology and in educational contexts. Students are expected to gain knowledge of, and develop a critical approach to, the analysis of current research and theoretical issues in these areas. The tutorial program will bring Developmental Psychology to life by contextualizing it within current social issues, ongoing debates and age-old questions of humanity. Tutorials will typically be approached as debates, in which students are asked to defend certain ideas or research. Tutorials will also include some practical exercises for which students will be expected to conduct observations of children in real-life and/or on video.

SYLLABUS Developmental Psychology (PSYC3016) covers a range of core topics which are centred on persistent questions concerning (i) the nature/existence of a priori (innate, non-experience dependent) knowledge, and (ii) the significance of experience. Developmental psychology is not, in and of itself, a discipline within Psychology. Rather, it is an approach to psychological science that is well suited to asking questions about the existence of, and nature of changes in, psychological processes, abilities or functions. It is also one of the main frameworks in which we examine how experiences (e.g., relationships, education, adverse experience, etc.) shape us. In PSYC3016 we will cover various core topics (below) and revisit some topics that you have encountered previously in Psychology at the University of Sydney. Core Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Theories of developmental psychology: Arguments from philosophy Behavioural genetics and psychological development: ‘Arguments’ from biology Infant cognition: what is the nature of early appearing cognition? Reasoning and concepts: exploring the nature of children’s thinking Language development: covers the main theories of language acquisition Effects of early experience on intellectual and emotional development Development of social cognition and social information gathering Moral development and behaviour The development of affect and conduct disorders

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READINGS

Essential readings:

These will be provided during the course of the semester through tutorials. Additional readings will be announced in lectures. You can check Sydney eLearning (Canvas) or an updated reading list from week 4.

Background Reading:

Miller, P.H. (2011) Theories of Developmental Psychology (5th Ed.) NY: Worth Publishers.

OBJECTIVES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, AND GRADUATE QUALITIES

OBJECTIVES When planning and prioritising your study aim to: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Understand the key details for the content of each lecture topic – read ahead for each lecture, take good lecture notes, and revise as you go. Don’t go out of your way to memorise names and dates (unless they are really famous or lent their name to a test or effect), but understand the key content because it will be assessed in the FINAL EXAM. Use library readings to enhance your understanding of topics. Lecturers will make it clear if certain readings are assessable in the FINAL EXAM, or if they are only there to assist you and give you another perspective. Attend tutorials so you can interact with your peers and tutor to develop your understanding of lecture concepts, and get assis...