Course Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to describe the role of developmental function and individual differences in cognitive development.
- Students will be able to explain the dynamic nature of cognitive development.
- Students will be able to describe the models of gene-environment interaction.
- Students will be able to understand the development of the brain.
- Students will be able to understand the connection between developmental biology and cognitive development.
- Students will be able to describe the role of culture on cognitive development.
- Students will be able to describe cognitive development by means of sociocultural theory.
- Students will be able to explain the basic perceptual abilities of young infants.
- Students will be able to examine auditory development and visual perception.
- Students will be able to explain the aspects of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory.
- Students will be able to discuss their knowledge of young children’s everyday expressions of symbolic function.
- Students will be able to identify the nature of the executive function.
- Students will be able to examine the development of problem-solving.
- Students will be able to understand age differences in children’s eyewitness memories.
- Students will be able to discuss the consistency and stability of memory.
- Students will be able to describe language development.
- Students will be able to discuss major theories on language development.
- Students will be able to discuss social cognitive theory.
- Students will be able to examine the development of self-concept.
- Students will be able to discuss academic skill development and its relationship with cognitive development.
- Students will be able to discuss different approaches to the study of intelligence.
- Students will be able to discuss up-to-date research on cognitive development.
- Students will be able to analyze the educational system's nature concerning up-to-date cognitive development studies.