Daniel S. Messinger

Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Music Engineering


Curriculum vitae



Department of Psychology

University of Miami



PSY260 (Fall 2018)


Fall 2018


Advanced Developmental Psychology (PSY 620Q), Fall 2018
Tuesday, Thursday 12:30PM - 1:45PM, FLP 402
Department of Psychology, University of Miami
Daniel Messinger, Ph.D., [email protected]
FLP 308, (305) 284-8443
Office Hours: Thursday 1:45 - 2:45, and by appointment
Course Description: The course is designed to involve you in current research in developmental science. It involves lecture, discussion, a mid-term exam, and a final project. Multiple topics in developmental psychology will be covered through lecture and discussion. They are 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. Emphasis will be placed on mechanisms underlying continuity and change over the lifespan.
Course Objectives. To provide you with a) a critical understanding of current developmental theories, methods, and research; b) an ability to present, critique, and defend developmental research; and c) the capacity to integrate results to address questions in developmental science.
Required Readings: Readings are chosen to provide exposure to the theory, methods, and findings of current developmental research. An article (and occasional chapter) will be assigned for each class. If two articles are listed, the student presenting the article chooses between them. Additional readings on the syllabus are not required but exam questions may ask you to integrate material from these additional readings. Readings are linked to this syllabus. In addition, Bornstein, M. H., & Lamb, M. E. (2011) (Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook, 6th Edition) will be available through the library and BlackBoard
Facilitating Discussion:
Presentations. Students will be responsible for presenting an article and facilitating class discussion approximately 2 times during the semester (30 points). Your presentations should cover the article’s unique contribution, 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.
Evaluation. Presentations will be evaluated based on a) the clarity of your presentation and slides, b) your understanding of the article (e.g., adequacy of responses to questions), c) the depth of your communicated understanding of the issues raised by the article (e.g., what is the unique message of the article), and d) the quality of the ensuing discussion (e.g., relationship to ongoing class themes). Hallmarks of quality involve identifying strengths of the article, weaknesses, and specific, article-pertinent ideas for addressing those weaknesses. Weaker presentations often focus on common methodologic weaknesses without identifying solutions. Stronger presentations often focus on key strengths and results.
Slides. Your presentations should use Power-Point slides. I prefer large text and figure-based presentations where the title of each slide is communicative and slide titles do not repeat. In some instances, online slides exist with which to present your article. As needed, please edit the slides and/or create new slides. If you create new slides, please consider putting your last name in the footer section of the slide. The new slides—only send the slides you will be presenting—will be due by email 12 hours before class. You should have a balance of presentations with respect to using existing slides and creating new ones.
Feedback. I am available to discuss articles before your presentation. Good topics for discussion are elements of the article that are difficult to understand, and your questions about what is most important to present, and how it should be presented. In other words, if there is something about the article you are planning to present that don't understand, come discuss it with me beforehand. .
Participation, Participation refers to your level of engagement in class. Participation includes submission of 9 substantive questions pertaining to the reading by 12:00 am (midnight) before the class at which we discuss the reading. Participation includes attendance, having clearly done the required reading, asking pertinent questions, offering informed responses to questions, and constructive debate. Use of electronic devices for anything except class work is prohibited. Full credit participation should not be assumed. If you have a question about your level of presentation, I am happy to discuss. Attendance is mandatory.
Exams. Exams will be short essay format and will require students to reflect upon and integrate the readings and class discussions. Each question should be answered with a one page, single-spaced response with spaces between paragraphs (1” margins, 12-point font).
Midterm Exam. All students will complete a midterm exam (distributed Oct 2 and due Oct 10). The midterm will have three required questions (25 points).
Final Exam. Students may elect either a final paper or a final exam (35 points). The final exam will be distributed Dec 4 and due Dec 12. The final will have five to six questions.
Final paper. Students may elect either a final paper or a final exam (35 points). The final paper will concern typical or atypical developmental processes. For the final paper, choose a question relevant to your research that can be addressed from a developmental perspective emphasizing change over time. The paper must constitute new work. It can be grounded in your scientific research or can be an exploration of developmental themes unrelated to your work. In either case it should take one of the following two forms.
1) An empirical study in the form of a journal submission (10-25 double spaced pages). This is an ideal format for completing an ongoing research project.
2) A NIH F31/R03, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, or comparable proposal to which I agree. The idea here is to tie together your knowledge of an area with a proposal to do research in this area. The final paper should include all substantive areas of the proposal (5 – 6 single-spaced pages). This is an ideal format for exploring ideas in developmental research, which are related or unrelated to your ongoing research.
3) A publication-quality literature review in summary-article format or chapter format (i.e., organized by theme, not by article (10-25 double spaced pages).
An outline of the final project is due Nov 8 and an abstract Nov 15. These are intended to crystallize your thinking and provide an opportunity for feedback. If some feature of the assignment is missing in your outline or abstract, and I do not draw your attention to its absence, this does not constitute license to omit that portion of the assignment. The final paper is due Dec 11.
Honor Code. Exams and final papers are governed by the honor code. They will be submitted through BlackBoard SafeAssign. They are governed by the Honor code. Please review the graduate honor code here
Office Hours. Office hours (listed above) or scheduled after class or by email are an ideal setting for me to assist you with your final paper, exam(s), discussion facilitation, or class participation.
Points
Participation 10
Facilitating Discussion 30
Midterm exam 25
Final paper or exam 35
Total 100
Grading Scale
A+ 97-100 C+ 77-79
A 94-96 C 74-76%
A- 90-94 C- 70-73%
B+ 87-89 D 63-69%
B 84-86 F 62 - 0
B- 80-83
Schedule of Classes, Readings, and Assignments
Aug 21.
Introduction to Class and Developmental Psychology (ppt1)
Additional reading:
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. 
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 1. Lerner, R. M., Lewin-Bizan, S., & Alberts Warren, A. E. (2011). Concepts and theories of Human Development.
Aug 23.
Developmental Design, Measurement, & Analysis (lec5.design.ppt)
Additional reading:
Adolph, K. E., S. R. Robinson, et al. (2008). "What is the shape of developmental change?" Psychological Review 115(3): 527-543.
Aug 28.
The genetic basis of behavior and development (ppt8)
Additional reading:
Bedrosian, T. A., Quayle, C., Novaresi, N., & Gage, F. H. (2018). Early life experience drives structural variation of neural genomes in mice. Science, 359(6382), 1395-1399. doi:10.1126/science.aah3378 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6382/1395.full.
Aug 30
The biological basis of behavior and development (ppt7)
Additional reading:
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
Sep 4.
Culture in Development (ppt3)
Additional reading:
Wang L. & Mesman J. (2015), Child development in the face of rural-to-urban migration in China: A meta-analytic review, Perspectives on Psychological Science 10(6): 813-831.
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 2. Cole, M., & Packer, M. (2011). Culture in development.
Sep 6.
Culture in Development (ppt4). 
Additional reading:
Lansford, JE, Godwin, J, Al-Hassan, SM, Bacchini, D, Bornstein, MH, Chang, L, Chen, BB, Deater-Deckard, K, Giunta, LD, Dodge, KA, Malone, PS, Oburu, P, Pastorelli, C, Skinner, AT, Sorbring, E, Steinberg, L, Tapanya, S, Peña Alampay, L, Uribe Tirado, LM, and Zelli, A. "Longitudinal Associations Between Parenting and Youth Adjustment in Twelve Cultural Groups: Cultural Normativeness of Parenting as a Moderator (Accepted)." Developmental PsychologyFull Text
Sep 11.
Perceptual Development (ppt9)
Clerkin, E.M., Hart, E., Rehg, J.M., Yu, C., & Smith, L.B. (2017). Real-world visual statistics and infants' first-learned object names. Philosophical Transactions on The Royal Society B: Biological Science, 372(1711). Silvia_2s
Additional reading:
Additional reading:
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 6. Bornstein, M. H., Arterberry, M. E., & Mash, C. (2011). Perceptual development.
Sep 13
Perceptual/Attention Development (ppt10).
Additional reading:
Yu, C. & Smith, L.B. (2017) Hand-eye coordination predicts joint attention. Child Development.
Maurer, D., & Werker, J. Perceptual narrowing during infancy: A comparison of language and faces. Developmental Psychobiology, 2014, 56, 154-178.
Sep 18.
Additional reading:
Gangi, D. N., Messinger, D. S., Martin, E. R., & Cuccaro, M. L. (2016). Dopaminergic variants in siblings at high risk for autism: Associations with initiating joint attention. Autism Research, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1002/aur.1623
Sep 20. Cognitive Development (ppt11)
Additional reading:
Sep 25. 
Cognitive Development (ppt12)
Additional reading:
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
 
Sep 27.
Language Development (ppt13) 
Warlaumont, A. S., Richards., J. A., Gilkerson, J., & Oller, D. K. (2014). A social feedback loop for speech development and its reduction in autism. Psychological Science, 25(7), 1314–1324. doi: 10.1177/0956797614531023 [supplemental materials, Akhtar et al., commentary on Warlaumont, Warlaumont et al. response to Akhtar]
Additional reading:
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 8. MacWhinney, B. (2011). Language Development.
 
Oct 2.
Exam 1 Distributed.
Language Development (ppt14)
Additional reading:
Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., Song, L., Kuchirko, Y., & Luo, R. (2014). Children’s
Language Growth in Spanish and English across Early Development and Associations with School Readiness. Developmental Neuropsychology, 39 (2), 69-87.
Oct 4.
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 Nikki_1s
Additional reading:
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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Oct 9. FL registration deadline: https://registertovoteflorida.gov/en/Registration/Index
Exam 1 Due on Oct 10 (extension)
Temperament and Emotion (ppt16)
Additional reading:
Oct 11.
Socialization Experiences I. Parent-child relationships (ppt17) 
Feldman, R., Rosenthal, Z., & Eidelman, A. I. (2014). Maternal-Preterm Skin-to-Skin Contact Enhances Child Physiologic Organization and Cognitive Control Across the First 10 Years of Life. Biological Psychiatry, 75(1), 56-64. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.08.012 Sarah2
Additional reading:
Beebe, B., D. Messinger, L. E. Bahrick, A. Margolis, K. A. Buck, & H. Chen (2016). A Systems View of Mother-Infant Face-to-Face Communication. Developmental Psychology, 52(4), 556-571.
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.
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.
Oct 16
Socialization Experiences I (Cont.). Parent-child relationships (ppt17) 
Beebe, B., D. Messinger, L. E. Bahrick, A. Margolis, K. A. Buck, & H. Chen (2016). A Systems View of Mother-Infant Face-to-Face Communication. Developmental Psychology, 52(4), 556-571.
Feldman, R., Rosenthal, Z., & Eidelman, A. I. (2014). Maternal-Preterm Skin-to-Skin Contact Enhances Child Physiologic Organization and Cognitive Control Across the First 10 Years of Life. Biological Psychiatry, 75(1), 56-64. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.08.012
Additional reading:
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.
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.
Oct 18 Fall Recess
Oct 23.
Socialization Experiences I. Parent-child relationships. (ppt18
Mock final project title
Additional reading:
Groh, A. M., Fearon, R. M. P., van Ijzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & Roisman, G. I. (2017). Attachment in the Early Life Course: Meta-Analytic Evidence for Its Role in Socioemotional Development. Child Development Perspectives, 11(1), 70-76. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12213
Raby, K. L., Roisman, G. I., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2015). Genetic moderation of stability in attachment security from early childhood to age 18 years: A replication study. Dev Psychol, 51(11), 1645-1649. doi: 10.1037/dev0000053
Oct 25.
Socialization Experiences I. Parent-child relationships (ppt19)
Additional reading:

Oct 30.
Mock final project paragraph
Beyond Childhood: Socialization Experiences III. School and Community (ppt25)
Additional reading:
Luthar, S. S., Cicchetti, D., & Becker, B. (2000). The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work. Child Development, 71(3), 543-562. doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00164

Nov 1.
Socialization Experiences I. Parent-child relationships (ppt20).
Additional reading:
  
Nov 6. (ELECTION DAY!)
Mock final project 1 pager (abstract or specific aims)
Socialization Experiences II. Peer relationships (ppt21)
Additional reading:

Nov 8.  
Final paper draft outline due.
Socialization Experiences II. Peer relationships (ppt22)
Additional reading:
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. 

Nov 13
Mock final project 3 pager (abstract or specific aims)
Socialization Experiences III - School and Community (ppt23)
Chen, J., L. M. Justice, A. Rhoad-Drogalis, T.-J. Lin and B. Sawyer (2018). "Social Networks of Children With Developmental Language Disorder in Inclusive Preschool Programs." Child Development 0(0).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.12032
Additional reading:
Santos, A. J., Daniel, J. R., Fernandes, C. & Vaughn, B. E. Affiliative Subgroups in Preschool Classrooms: Integrating Constructs and Methods from Social Ethology and Sociometric Traditions. PLOS ONE 10, e0130932, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130932 (2015).

Nov 15
Final paper draft abstract due.
Socialization Experiences III. School and Community (ppt24)
Additional reading:
Nov 20/22 Thanksgiving
Nov 27
Mock final project draft
Beyond Childhood: Transition to parenthood (ppt26)
Hoekzema, E., E. Barba-Müller, C. Pozzobon, M. Picado, F. Lucco, D. García-García, J. C. Soliva, A. Tobeña, M. Desco, E. A. Crone, A. Ballesteros, S. Carmona and O. Vilarroya (2016). "Pregnancy leads to long-lasting changes in human brain structure." Nature Neuroscience 20: 287. (https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.4458.pdf)
Additional reading.
Atzil, S., Touroutoglou, A., Rudy, T., Salcedo, S., Feldman, R., Hooker, J. M., Dickerson, B. C., Catana, C., & Barrett, L. F. (2017). Dopamine in the medial amygdala network mediates human bonding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1612233114 http://www.pnas.org/content/114/9/2361.full.pdf
Nov 29. No class.
Dec 4
(Final project/exam preparation as requested)
Final Exam Distributed
Beyond Childhood: Adulthood (ppt27)
Additional reading:
Anthony P. Zanesco, Brandon G. King, Katherine A. MacLean, Clifford D. Saron. Cognitive Aging and Long-Term Maintenance of Attentional Improvements Following Meditation Training. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 2018; DOI: 10.1007/s41465-018-0068-1
Ritchie, S. J., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Cox, S. R., Corley, J., Dykiert, D., Redmond, P., Pattie, A., Taylor, A., Sibbett, R., Starr, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2016). Predictors of ageing-related decline across multiple cognitive functions. Intelligence, 59, 115-126. Link (Open Access).
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.
Dec 5
No class
(Final project/exam preparation as requested)
ASD. Developmental psychopathology: Autism spectrum disorder. 
Dec 12, Final Exam and Final Paper Due
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