Infant and Early Childhood Cognition
As taught in: Fall 2005
Infants interact differently with agents and objects. By 2 months, babies greet a new object by reaching, a new person by cooing. (Figure by MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Instructors:
Prof. Laura Schulz
MIT Course Number:
9.85
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course is an introduction to cognitive development focusing on children's understanding of objects, agents, and causality. Students develop a critical understanding of experimental design and how developmental research might address philosophical questions about the origins of knowledge, appearance and reality, and the problem of other minds.
