Advanced Developmental Psychology (PSY 620P), spring 2015
Tuesday, Thursday 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, FLP 302
Department of Psychology, University of Miami

Daniel Messinger, Ph.D., [email protected]
FLP 308, (305) 284-8443
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 1:30 - 2:30, and by appointment

Course Description: Multiple topics in developmental psychology organized into four sections: 1) Developmental theories, methodologies and conceptualizations of the biological and cultural processes that jointly influence development; 2) specific domains of development (perceptual, cognitive, social/emotional); 3) socialization processes with an emphasis on parent, peer, school, and community influences on development; 4) emerging adulthood, parenting, and aging. Throughout the semester, emphasis will be placed on mechanisms underlying continuity and change over the lifespan.

Required Readings: Journal articles representative of current empirical work in the field will be linked to this syllabus. In addition, Bornstein, M. H., & Lamb, M. E. (2011) (Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook (6th Edition). New York, NY: Psychology Press) will be available through the library (http://miami.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=592936) and BlackBoard. An article and/or chapter will be assigned for each class, though exam questions will involve additional articles on the syllabus.

Exams: Students will complete three cumulative take-home exams (DUE February 18, March 24, and (final exam) April 28. Exams will be short essay format and will require students to reflect upon and integrate the readings and class discussions. Each exam will have three required questions. Each question will be answered with a one page, single spaced with spaces between paragraphs response (1” margins, 12 point font) Together the exams are 65% of your final grade. Exams will be submitted through BlackBoard SafeAssign. They are governed by the Honor code: “On my honor, I have neither given nor received any aid on this exam/paper, etc.” Please review the graduate honor code here.

Facilitating Discussion: Students will be responsible for presenting an article and facilitating class discussion approximately 3 times during the semester. To do so, please familiarize yourself with the online slides as you will use them to present your article. As needed, please edit the slides and create new slides. If you create a new slide, please consider putting your last name in the footer section of the slide. Slides will be due by email 12 hours before class. Your presentations should cover integrative themes across the readings (particularly for that day), the pros and cons of different research methods for addressing the topic, and ideas regarding potential future directions/applications of the findings. The presentation/discussions are 25% of your final grade and will be based on the clarity of your presentation and understanding of the article, and the thoughtfulness of your presentation and ensuing discussion.

Participation: 10% of your final grade will be assigned based on your level of engagement and participation in classroom discussions. Participation may include your written responses to in-class queries. Attendance is mandatory.

January 12. Introduction to Class; History and Systems in Developmental Psychology (ppt1)

January 14. History and Systems in Developmental Psychology (ppt2)

Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 1. Lerner, R. M., Lewin-Bizan, S., & Alberts Warren, A. E. (2011). Concepts and theories of Human Development.

Spencer, J. P., Perone, S., & Buss, A. T. (2011). Twenty years and going strong: A dynamic systems revolution in motor and cognitive development. Child Development Perspectives, 5, 260-266. Chelsea1

January 19. Culture in Development (ppt3)

Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 2. Cole, M., & Packer, M. (2011). Culture in development.

Wörmann, V., Holodynski, M., Kärtner, J., & Keller, H. (2014). The emergence of social smiling: The interplay of maternal and infant imitation during the first three months in cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45(3), 339-361. doi: 10.1177/0022022113509134 Mary Kate 1

January 21. Culture in Development (ppt4).

Lansford, J. E., Chang, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Palmerus, K., Bacchini, D., Pastorelli, C., Bombi, A. S., Zelli, A., Tapanya, S., Chaudhary, N., Deater- Deckard, K., Manke, B., & Quinn, N. (2005). Physical discipline and children’s adjustment: Cultural normativeness as a moderator. Child Development, 76, 1234. Becky1

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Chen, X. (2012). Culture, peer interaction, and socioemotional development. Child Development Perspectives.

January 26. Developmental Design, Measurement, & Analysis (lec5.design.ppt)

Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 3. Hartmann, D. P. & Pelzel, K. E., & Abbott, C. B. (2011). Design, Measurement, and Analysis in Developmental Research.

Adolph, K. E., S. R. Robinson, et al. (2008). "What is the shape of developmental change?"Psychological Review115(3): 527-543. Devika 1

January 28-The biological basis of behavior and development (ppt8)

Szyf, M. and J. Bick (2012). "DNA Methylation: A Mechanism for Embedding Early Life Experiences in the Genome." Child Development. Brooke 1

[cf. Champagne, F. A., & Mashoodh, R. (2009). Genes in Context Gene–Environment Interplay and the Origins of Individual Differences in Behavior. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18(3), 127-131. ]

February 2. The biological basis of behavior and development (ppt)

Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 4. Johnson, M. H. (2011). Developmental neuroscience, psychophysiology, and genetics.

Burgaleta, M., Johnson, W., Waber, D. P., Colom, R., & Karama, S. (2014). Cognitive ability changes and dynamics of cortical thickness development in healthy children and adolescents. Neuroimage, 84(0), 810-819. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.09.038 Josh1

Lister, R., Mukamel, E. A., Nery, J. R., Urich, M., Puddifoot, C. A., Johnson, N. D., Lucero, J., Huang, Y., Dwork, A. J., Schultz, M. D., Yu, M., Tonti-Filippini, J., Heyn, H., Hu, S., Wu, J. C., Rao, A., Esteller, M., He, C., Haghighi, F. G., Sejnowski, T. J., Behrens, M. M., & Ecker, J. R. (2013). Global epigenomic reconfiguration during mammalian brain development. Science, 341(6146), 1237905. doi: 10.1126/science.1237905.

February 4. Babies—the movie (multiple platforms) or https://vimeo.com/30328533 (should play straight from link). (Daniel in DC.)

 

February 9. Perceptual Development (ppt9)

Simpson, E. A., Suomi, S. J., & Paukner, A. (in press). Evolutionary relevance and experience contribute to face discrimination in infant macaques (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Cognition and Development. Josh2*

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Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 6. Bornstein, M. H., Arterberry, M. E., & Mash, C. (2011). Perceptual development.

February 11. Perceptual Development (ppt10). Exam 1 Distributed.

Vogel, M., Monesson, A., & Scott, L. S. (2012). Building biases in infancy: The influence of race on face and voice emotion matching. Developmental Science, 15, 359-372. Lucia1

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Maurer, D., Mondloch, C. J., & Lewis, T. L. (2007). Sleeper effects. Developmental Science, 10, 40-47. 

Maurer, D., & Werker, J. Perceptual narrowing during infancy: A comparison of language and faces. Developmental Psychobiology, 2014, 56, 154-178.

 

February 16. Cognitive Development (ppt11)

Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 7. Birney, D. P., & Sternberg, R. J. (2011). The development of cognitive abilities.

Nisbett, R.E., Aronson. J., Blair, C., Dickens, W., Flynn, J., Halpern, D., & Turkheimer, E. (2012). Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments. American Psychologist, 67, 130-159 Chelsea2

February 18. Cognitive Development (ppt12). Exam 1 Due.

Tucker-Drob, E. M., & Bates, T. C. (2015). Large Cross-National Differences in Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Intelligence. Psychological Science. doi: 10.1177/0956797615612727 Devika2

         

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Byrge, L., Sporns, O. & Smith, L. B. (in press)Developmental process emerges from extended brain-body-behavior networks.Trends in Cognitive Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2014.04.010 short

February 23. Language Development (ppt13)

Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 8. MacWhinney, B. (2011). Language Development.

Oller DK, Niyogi P, Gray S, Richards JA, Gilkerson J, Xu D, Yapanel U, Warren SF: Automated vocal analysis of naturalistic recordings from children with autism, language delay, and typical development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2010, 107:13354-13359. Marissa1

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February 25. Language Development (ppt14)

Hoff, E. (2003). The Specificity of Environmental Influence: Socioeconomic Status Affects Early Vocabulary Development Via Maternal Speech. Child Development, 74(5), 1368–1378. Marissa2

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March 1. Temperament and Emotion (ppt15)

Mattson, W. I., Cohn, J. F., Mahoor, M. H., Gangi, D. N., & Messinger, D. S. (2013). Darwin’s Duchenne: Eye constriction during infant joy and distress. PLOS ONE, 8(11). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080161 Mary Kate 2

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Somerville, L.H., Jones, R.M., Ruberry, E.J., Dyke, J.P., Glover, G., & Casey, B.J.(2013). The medial prefrontal cortex and the emergence of self-conscious emotion in adolescence. Psychological Science, 24, 1554-1562.
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Fraley, R. C., Griffin, B. N., Belsky, J., & Roisman, G. I.  (2013). Developmental antecedents of political ideology:  A longitudinal investigation from birth to age 18.  Psychological Science, 23, 1425-1431

March 3. Temperament and Emotion (ppt16)

Casey, B. J., Somerville, L. H., Gotlib, I. H., Ayduk, O., Franklin, N. T., Askren, M. K., Jonides, J., Berman, M. G., Wilson, N. L., Teslovich, T., Glover, G., Zayas, V., Mischel, W., & Shoda, Y. (2011). Behavioral and neural correlates of delay of gratification 40 years later. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(36), 14998-15003. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1108561108 Becky2  

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March 15. Socialization Experiences I. Parent-child relationships (ppt17) 

Hane, A. A., & Fox, N. A. (2006). Ordinary variations in maternal caregiving of human infants influence stress reactivity. Psychological Science, 17, 550-556. Lucia2

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Sheridan, M. A., N. A. Fox, et al. (2012). "Variation in neural development as a result of exposure to institutionalization early in childhood."Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Mesman, J., M. H. van Ijzendoorn, et al. (2009). "The many faces of the Still-Face Paradigm: A review and meta-analysis." Developmental Review 29(2): 120-162.

Reeb-Sutherland, B.C., Levitt, P., & Fox, N.A. (2012). The predictive nature of individual differences in early associative learning and emerging social behavior. PLoS ONE; 7: e30511. PDF

Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 10. Lamb, M. E., & Lewis, C. (2011). The role of parent-child relationships in child development.

March 17. Socialization Experiences I. Parent-child relationships. (ppt18) 

Raby, K. L., Cicchetti, D., Carlson, E. A., Cutuli, J. J., Englund, M. M., & Egeland, B. (2012). Genetic and Caregiving-Based Contributions to Infant Attachment. Psychological Science, 23(9), 1016-1023. doi: 10.1177/0956797612438265 Chelsea3

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March 22. Socialization Experiences I. Parent-child relationships (ppt19)

MacKenzie, M. J., Nicklas, E., Waldfogel, J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2013). Spanking and Child Development Across the First Decade of Life. Pediatrics. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1227 Brooke 2

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March 24. Socialization Experiences I. Parent-child relationships (ppt20). Exam 2 Due.

 

Farr, R. H., & Patterson, C. J. (2013). Coparenting Among Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Couples: Associations With Adopted Children's Outcomes. Child Development, 84(4), 1226-1240. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12046 Lucy 3

  

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March 29. Socialization Experiences II. Peer relationships (ppt21)

Rudolph, K. D., Lansford, J. E., Agoston, A. M., Sugimura, N., Schwartz, D., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., & Bates, J. E. (2014). Peer Victimization and Social Alienation: Predicting Deviant Peer Affiliation in Middle School. Child Development, 85(1), 124-139. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12112 Becky3

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Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 11. Rubin, K. H., Coplan, R. J., Chen, X., Bowker, J., & McDonald, K. L. (2011). Peer relationships in childhood.

March 31. Socialization Experiences II. Peer relationships (ppt22)

Chein, J., Albert, D., O’Brien, L., Uckert, K., & Steinberg, L. (2011). Peers increase adolescent risk taking by enhancing activity in the brain’s reward circuitry. Developmental Science, 14, F1-F10. Josh2.5

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 Haun, D. B. M., Rekers, Y., & Tomasello, M. (2014). Children Conform to the Behavior of Peers; Other Great Apes Stick With What They Know. Psychological Science, 25(12), 2160-2167. doi: 10.1177/0956797614553235

Coplan, R. J., Prakash, K., O’Neil, K., & Armer, M. (2004). Do you “want” to play? Distinguishing between conflicted shyness and social disinterest in early childhood. Developmental Psychology, 40, 244-258.

April 5: Socialization Experiences III - School and Community (ppt23)

Schaefer, D. R., Light, J. M., Fabes, R. A., Hanish, L. D., & Martin, C. L.. Fundamental principles of network formation among preschool children. Social Networks (2010). Devika3

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Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 12 Eccles, J. S., & Roeser, R. W. (2011). School and community influences on human development.

April 7. Socialization Experiences III. School and Community (ppt24)

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 Vandell, D. L., Belsky, J., Burchinal, M., Steinberg, L., & Vandergrift, N. (2010). Do effects of early child care extend to age 15 years? Results from the NICHD study of early child care and youth development. Child Dev, 81(3), 737-756. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01431.x

Lynn Martin, C., Fabes, R. A., Hanish, L. D., & Hollenstein, T. (2005). Social dynamics in the preschool. Developmental Review, 25(3–4), 299-327. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2005.10.001.

Del Giudice, M. (2014). Middle Childhood: An Evolutionary-Developmental Synthesis. Child Development Perspectives, 8(4), 193-200. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12084

April 12. Beyond Childhood: Socialization Experiences III. School and Community (ppt25)

Evans, G. W., & Kutcher, R. (2011). Loosening the link between childhood poverty and adolescent smoking and obesity: The protective effects of social capital. Psychological Science, 22, 3-7.  Mary Kate 3

Supportive Family Environments Ameliorate the Link Between Racial Discrimination and Epigenetic Aging: A Replication Across Two Longitudinal Cohorts   

Lee, C., & Gramotnev, H. (2007). Life transitions and mental health in a national cohort of young Australian women. Developmental Psychology, 43, 877-888.

Masten, A. S., & Tellegen, A. (2012). Resilience in developmental psychopathology: Contributions of the Project Competence Longitudinal Study. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 345-361.

April 14. Beyond Childhood: Transition to parenthood (ppt26)

Weisman, O., et al. (2012). "Oxytocin administration to parent enhances infant physiological and behavioral readiness for social engagement." Biological Psychiatry 72(12): 982 989. Marissa3

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Rilling, J. K., & Young, L. J. (2014). The biology of mammalian parenting and its effect on offspring social development. Science, 345(6198), 771-776. doi: 10.1126/science.1252723 

Nelson, S. K., Kushlev, K., English, T., Dunn, E. W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). In defense of parenthood: Children are associated with more joy than misery. Psychological Science, 24, 3-10.  

April 19. Beyond Childhood: Adulthood (ppt27)

Strohminger, N., & Nichols, S. (2015). Neurodegeneration and Identity. Psychol Sci, 26(9), 1469-1479. doi: 10.1177/0956797615592381 Brooke3

Hartshorne, J. K., & Germine, L. T. (2015). When does cognitive functioning peak? The asynchronous rise and fall of different cognitive abilities across the life span. Psychol Sci, 26(4), 433-443. doi: 10.1177/0956797614567339 Josh3.5

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Waldinger, RJ., Vaillant, GE., and Orav, EJ. (2007) “Childhood Sibling Relationships as a Predictor of Major Depression in Adulthood: A 30-Year Prospective Study.” American Journal of Psychiatry, 164:6, 949-954.

Thomas, M. S. C., Davis, R., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Knowland, V. C. P., & Charman, T. (2015). The over-pruning hypothesis of autism. Developmental Science, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1111/desc.12303.

Messinger, D., Young, G. S., Ozonoff, S., Dobkins, K., Carter, A., Zwaigenbaum, L., Landa, R. J., Charman, T., Stone, W. L., Constantino, J. N., Hutman, T., Carver, L. J., Bryson, S., Iverson, J. M., Strauss, M. S., Rogers, S. J., & Sigman, M. (2013).  Beyond Autism: A Baby Sibling Research Consortium Study of High-Risk Children at Three Years of Age. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(3), 300-308. NIHMS 431543. PubMed 23452686.

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