Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 9.85 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Infant and Early Childhood Cognition 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Brain and Cognitive Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Laura Schulz 
• Course Introduction:
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  9.85 Infant and Early Childhood Cognition
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features downloadable lecture slides in the lecture notes section and a complete bibliography of readings.

  
  
  

  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.