PSYCH 314Cognitive Development

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: Psychology

When it runs

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course introduces research in the areas of debate in cognitive development pertaining to children in infancy and early childhood and drawn from a variety of disciplines including developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, and comparative psychology. Different methodologies and mechanisms of cognitive change are also covered.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
  - PSYCH207 - Cognitive Processes (0.50)
  - PSYCH211 - Developmental Psychology (0.50)
- Students must be in level 2B or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

100% liked it75% easy88% useful

From 3 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

Fun and interesting course! Midterms are mostly short and long answer which makes them a little difficult but questions are fair and if you study enough it's easy to get at least part marks. Prof is very nice and answers email very quickly. My prof's name was Liz and she made the course very enjoyable.

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20% participation, 60% reflections. Don't be fooled though, you need to put work into your reflections or you'll get mediocre grades. I loved this grading scheme as it urges you to come to class and apply what you learnt on the reflections. It helped me refine my critical thinking skills. Lectures are fun and engaging. You don't get tons of content dumped on you. Each lectures seamlessly builds upon the previous one. 100% recommend.

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2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention PSYCH 314, June 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2016

Apr 9, 2016 Is there any courses about brain studies, neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology ? 0 points, 2 comments

“I am a 1A CS student and I am deciding which courses to take ?”

u/AnIncredibleMetric: “… about computational models used to describe how people process information when reading) PSYCH 314 Cognitive Development PSYCH 316 Pragmatic Language Development PSYCH 320 Language Development (Developmental Psych is really cool to see where the foundations of Cognition get laid …”

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Spring 2012

Jun 23, 2012 Good 3rd year PSYCH/HIST for CS Student? 5 points, 16 comments

“So basically I need to meet my depth requirements and I figured someone here might know a good/easy 3rd year class to take. If you could also give a brief summary of the class (ie. …”

u/sarah-bellum: “… PSYCH 314, Cognitive Development Interesting even if you don't like kids. A little more dry than 354 maybe, but sort of cool nonetheless. 2 midterms and a final. Midterms are relatively easy. iClicker participation worth 10% of grade as well. …”