| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 6 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Will distinguish similarities and differences about how cognitive processes develop in infancy and childhood.
- Will be able to categorize cognitive development theories and basic cognitive processes.
- Will exemplify age-appropriate cognitive features in infancy, childhood and adolescence.
- Can monitor a child's development-change process by using their knowledge and awareness of their cognitive processes.
- Will critique not only nature and nurture, but also how the two interact.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | The aims of this course are students will be able to explain how the cognitive processes develop in infants and children, and how they become more efficient in their understanding of the world and in their mental processes. This course covers theories of cognitive development, perception, reasoning, problem solving, moral understanding, acquiring language, memory as main cognitive process and also suggestibility, eye-witness memory, theory of mind, infantile amnesia, and development of deception as contemporary issues. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction to Cognitive Development (Part 1) |
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2nd Week |
Introduction to Cognitive Development (Part 2) |
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3rd Week |
Biological Bases of Cognitive Development |
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4th Week |
The Social Construction of Mind: Sociocultural Perspectives on Cognitive Development |
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5th Week |
Infant Perception and Cognition |
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6th Week |
Thinking in Symbols: The Development of Representation |
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7th Week |
The Development of Folk Knowledge |
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8th Week |
Mid-Term Exam |
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9th Week |
Learning to Think on Their Own: Executive Function, Strategies, and Problem Solving |
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10th Week |
Memory Development |
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11th Week |
Language Development |
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12th Week |
Social Cognition |
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13th Week |
Schooling and Cognition |
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14th Week |
The Role of Emotion in Cognitive Development |
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15th Week |
General Evaluation |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Bjorklund, D. F. & Causey, K. B. (2018). Children?s Thinking: Cognitive Development and Individual Differences (6thed.). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
Carpendale, J., Lewis, C., & Muller, U. (2018). The Development of Children?s Thinking: Its Social And Communicative Foundations. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
Aydın, Ç., Göksun, T., Küntay, A. C., & Tahiroğlu, D. (2016). Aklın Çocuk Hali: Zihin Gelişimi Araştırmaları. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Questions/Answers
- Practice
- Project
- Other
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
|
Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Assignment |
1 |
20 |
| Total(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
|
|
|
| Individual or group work |
14 |
6 |
84 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
20 |
20 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
|
| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
1 |
16 |
16 |
| Total Work Load | 180 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 6 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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