PSYC 106. Research Practicum in Cognitive Development

This course provides experience in conducting research with infants and young children. Students conduct research projects singly or in small groups in collaboration with the instructor. Students will design, implement, analyze, and report an experiment. Project topics are negotiated at the beginning of the semester and are focused on language and concept acquisition as well as the interaction between language and cognition early in development. All students meet together for a weekly lab meeting; additional weekly meeting times will be scheduled. When taken in the senior year, this course fulfills the comprehensive requirement in psychology.
This course may not be taken as pass/fail.
Prerequisite: PSYC 001; PSYC 025. Research Design and Analysis and permission of the instructor. PSYC 039. Developmental Psychology is strongly recommended.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Psychology
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/psychology

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