Time: TTh 2.30-3.45 pm
Location:
Professor: Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy
Office: McCormack Hall, 4th floor, Room 212
Office hours:
Mailbox: McCormack, 4th floor, Room 209
Email: zsuzsa.kaldy@umb.edu (please always specify your subject in the subject line.)
VERY IMPORTANT: CLASS WEBSITE: http://psych.umb.edu/faculty/kaldy/courses/psy341/
The easiest way to navigate to it: Type “Zsuzsa Kaldy” in Google, then click on the first link, which will take you to my UMB website. From there, click on “Psych 341: Infancy & Child Dev.”
If you have any problems accessing the website, please email me. If there are any problems with the Psych DepartmentÕs server, IÕll let everyone know as soon as possible. Please give me your email address (one that you are checking regularly) during the first week of classes.
Teaching Assistant:
Textbook: M. Harris & G. Butterworth: Developmental psychology: A studentÕs handbook, Psychology Press, 2002, ISBN 1-84169-192-5
This course explores human development from infancy to early childhood. Major emphasis will be placed on early perceptual, cognitive and social development. How does the world of space and objects appear to the infant? How does the childÕs logical thinking develop? How does the child experience others and learn to use language to communicate with them?
CLICK HERE FOR CLASS SCHEDULE, NOTES AND STUDY GUIDES
Note: The class notes will be posted on this site at the end of each week. These notes are here to help you to prepare for the exams - in no way should they be seen as a substitute for your actual class notes.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Exams:
1. midterm: 40 points (20%)
2. midterm: 40 points (20%)
final exam: 80 points (40%)
Exams will be multiple-choice tests combined with short-answer type questions. Exams can only be missed with a doctorÕs note. If you have a family emergency, please contact me BEFORE the exam. Make-up exams will be essay questions combined with an oral exam.
2. Homeworks: Three homework assignments. (20% total)
Homework 1: 13 points Due:
Homework 2: 14 points Due:
Homework 3: 13 points Due:
Homeworks are due at the beginning of class. Late assignments will be accepted, but will be penalized: -2 points/day.
3. In-class participation. Activity during class (questions, comments) can significantly influence your final score. I do not take attendance, but the material that you will be tested on includes everything that will be discussed in class. Group exercises will be conducted several times during the semester where extra points can be earned.
TOTAL POINTS FROM EXAMS AND HOMEWORKS: 40+40+80+13+14+13 = 200 points
ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES:
The University Advising Center provides for students who are in need of advising and/or tutoring. (Campus Center, 1st floor, Room 1100, http://www.uac.umb.edu/). The University of Massachusetts Boston attempts to accommodate all students in accordance with Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Through the Ross Center for Disability Services various aids such as sign language interpreting, readers, testing accommodations, etc. are available to students. If you believe that you require such services, you should contact the Ross Center (Campus Center, 2nd Floor, Rm. 2010, 617-287-7430).
STUDENT CONDUCT:
Students are required to adhere to the University Policy on Academic Standards and Cheating, to the University Statement on Plagiarism and the Documentation of Written Work, and to the Code of Student Conduct as delineated in the catalog of Undergraduate Programs, pp. 44-45, and 48-52. The Code is available online at: http://www.umb.edu/student_services/student_rights/code_conduct.html.
If you still have questions about Academic Honesty or expectations in this course please contact the professor.
INCOMPLETE GRADES:
Incomplete grades can only be given if a student is in good standing and is prevented from completing the course by documented circumstances that are beyond his/her control.