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Development of Brain & Behaviour in Infancy
Business & Technology - OLD Program
London, England
Dates: 1/19/17 - 5/21/17
Development of Brain & Behaviour in Infancy
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: London South Bank University
Location: London, England
Primary Subject Area: Psychology
Instruction in: English
Course Code: PSY_6_DBB
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Advanced Psychology courses
DESCRIPTION
This option focuses on infancy, a period of rapid development, and examines the emergence of perceptual, cognitive, and early social skills during the first year of life. Emerging behaviors will also be related to brain development, to facilitate a more thorough investigation of what happens during development. Traditional and more recent methods used to assess both brain and behavior in infants will also be considered. This module also offers the opportunity to consider a dominant theoretical debate in developmental psychology, that of the relative contributions of nature and nurture to development. The first part of the module focuses on typical development, while the second part looks at instances where development is atypical, such as in the case of developmental disorders (e.g. autism and Down syndrome) or the case of extreme environments (e.g. visual and environmental deprivation).