| LEC # | TOPICS | ACTIVITIES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction (PDF) | |
| 2 | Theoretical Perspectives in Developmental Psychology I: Piaget (PDF) | |
| 3 | Theoretical Perspectives II: Post-Piaget (PDF) | |
| 4 | Magic Tricks and Methods (PDF - 1.6 MB) | Magic Tricks and Methods |
| 5 | What's it Like to be a Baby? Perceptual Foundations (PDF) | |
| 6 | Object Concepts (PDF) | |
| 7 | Number and Object Individuation (PDF) | |
| 8 | Object Labels and Object Knowledge (PDF) | Objects and Words Discussion |
| 9 | Concepts, Categories and Induction (PDF) | |
| 10 | Identity, Essences and Transformation (PDF - 1.4 MB) | |
| 11 | Recognizing Agents (PDF) | Agents vs. Objects Discussion |
| 12 | Understanding Goals and Intentions Hooppell Guest Lecture: Spatial Reasoning (PDF - 1.0 MB) (Courtesy of Catherine Hooppell. Used with permission.) | |
| 13 | Appearance and Reality | |
| 14 | Imagination and Pretend Play (PDF) | Language and Thought Debate |
| 15 | Representational Theory of Mind (PDF) | Statistical Learning Simulation |
| 16 | Theory of Mind and Word Learning Baby Talk | |
| 17 | Baraff-Bonowitz Guest Lecture: Language, Culture, and Thought (PDF) (Courtesy of Liz Baraff-Bonawitz. Used with permission.) | |
| 18 | Autism (PDF) | |
| 19 | Recognizing Causal Transformations Intervening - Tools Use, Means-end Reasoning (PDF) Causation, Categorization, and Counterfactuals | |
| 20 | Statistical Learning in Infancy (PDF - 2.4 MB)# | |
| 21 | Means-ends Reasoning Tool Use | |
| 22 | Causal Reasoning 1: Explanation, Prediction, Intervention and Counterfactuals (PDF)# | |
| 23 | Causal Reasoning 2: Assumptions, Theories, and Evidence | |
| 24 | Conceptual Change (PDF - 1.5 MB) | |
| 25 | Children and Social Policy (PDF)# |