Advanced Developmental Psychology (PSY 620P), Spring 2014
Tuesday, Thursday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, FLP 302
Department of Psychology, University of Miami
Instructor:
Office Hours:
Office:
E-mail:
Phone:
Daniel Messinger, Ph.D.
Tuesday 12:30pm-3:30pm, or by appointment
FLP 308
dmessinger@miami.edu
(305) 284-8443
Course Description: In this course we will cover a number of current topics in the field of
Developmental Psychology. The course is divided into four modules. In the first module,
developmental theories, methodologies and conceptualizations of the internal and external
processes that jointly influence development will be discussed. In the second module, an
overview of specific domains of development (perceptual, cognitive, social/emotional) will
be covered. In the third module, socialization processes will be discussed with an emphasis
on parent, peer, school, and community influences on development. In the final module,
issues pertaining to emerging adulthood and the transition through adulthood will be
discussed. Throughout the semester, emphasis will be placed on mechanisms underlying
continuity and change over the lifespan.
Required Readings
Bornstein, M. H., & Lamb, M. E. (2011). Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook
(6th Edition). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Most weeks 2 to 4 additional readings will be assigned that are representative of current
empirical work in the field. These papers will be available on Blackboard in .pdf format.
Exams: Students will complete a take-home midterm (DUE MARCH 19th) and a take-home
final (DUE MAY 2nd) exam. Exams will be short essay format and will require students to
reflect upon and integrate the readings and class discussions. Each exam is worth
35% of your final grade. Exams are governed by the Honor code “On my honor, I have
neither given nor received any aid on this exam/paper, etc.”
Thought Questions and Discussion Facilitation: Students will be responsible for
facilitating class during a Thursday class approximately 4 times over the course of the semester.
To do so, the student will send via email 3 thought questions to the instructor and the other
facilitators at least 24 hours before class. Your questions should be focused on integrative
themes across the readings, the pros and cons of different research methods for addressing
the topic, and ideas regarding potential future directions/applications of the findings. You
will be expected to share your questions with the class as a means of facilitating general
discussion. The discussion session you are responsible for (~4) will be worth 20% of your
final grade and will be based on the thoughtfulness and quality of the questions and ensuing
discussion.
Participation: 10% of your final grade will be assigned based on your level of engagement
and participation in classroom discussions, which may include your written responses to inc-
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class queries. These will be brief and typically cover a single key concept found in the
readings that we have discussed in class. Attendance is mandatory.
Schedule of Classes and Assigned Readings
Week 1
January 14th – Introduction to Class; History and Systems in Developmental
Psychology
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 1
Lerner, R. M., Lewin-Bizan, S., & Alberts Warren, A. E. (2011). Concepts and theories of
Human Development.
January 16th – History and Systems in Developmental Psychology (cont)
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. Casey1
Week 2
January 21 – Culture in Development
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 2
Cole, M., & Packer, M. (2011). Culture in development.
January 23 – Culture in Development (cont).
Class 11:15-12:15 Heather Henderson, Ph.D.
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., DeaterDeckard, K., Manke, B., & Quinn, N. (2005). Physical discipline and children’s
adjustment: Cultural normativeness as a moderator. Child Development, 76, 1234.
Katherine 1
Chen, X., Chen, H., Li, D., & Wang, L. (2009). Early childhood behavioral inhibition and
social and school adjustment in Chinese children: A 5-year longitudinal study. Child
Development, 80, 1692-1704. Johayra1
Chen, X. (2012). Culture, peer interaction, and socioemotional development. Child
Development Perspectives. Carlton1
Week 3
January 28th – Developmental Design, Measurement, & Analysis Approaches
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 3
Hartmann, D. P. & Pelzel, K. E., & Abbott, C. B. (2011). Design, Measurement, and
Analysis in Developmental Research.
January 30th – Design, Measurement, & Analysis Approaches (cont)
Fraley, R. C., Roisman, G. I., & Haltigan, J. D. (2013). The legacy of early experiences in
development: Formalizing alternative models of how early experiences are carried
forward over time.Dev Psychol, 49(1), 109-126. Noah1
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Brody, G. H., Chen, Y-F., Murry, V. M., Ge, X., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M.,
& Cutrona, C. E. (2006). Perceived discrimination and the adjustment of African
American youths: A five-year longitudinal analysis with contextual moderation
effects. Child Development, 77, 1170-1189. Erin1
Shaw, D. S., Connell, A., Dishion, T. J., Wilson, M. N., & Gardner, F. (2009).
Improvements in maternal depression as a mediator of intervention effects on early
childhood behavior problems. Development and Psychopathology, 21, 417-439. Laura1
Week 4
February 4th – The biological basis of behavior and development
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 4
Johnson, M. H. (2011). Developmental neuroscience, psychophysiology, and
genetics.
February 6th – The biological basis of behavior and development (cont)
Shaw, P., Greenstein, D., Lerch, J., Clasen, L., Lenroot, R., Gogtay, N., Evans, A., Rapoport,
J., & Giedd, J. (2006). Intellectual ability and cortical development in children and
adolescents. Nature, 440, 676-679.Carlton2
Chen, E., Cohen, S., & Miller, G. E. (2010). How low socioeconomic status affects 2-year
hormonal trajectories in children. Psychological Science, 21, 31-37.Laura2
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. Katherine2
Week 5
February 11th – Perceptual Development
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 6
Bornstein, M. H., Arterberry, M. E., & Mash, C. (2011). Perceptual
development.
February 13th – Perceptual Development (cont)
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. Noah2
Maurer, D., Mondloch, C. J., & Lewis, T. L. (2007). Sleeper effects. Developmental Science, 10,
40-47. Carlton3
Week 6
February 18th – February 13, 1:45-3:00 (Room 402) Cognitive Development**
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Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 7
Birney, D. P., & Sternberg, R. J. (2011). The development of cognitive abilities.
February 20th – Cognitive Development (cont)
Herrmann, E., Hernandez-Lloreda, M. V., Call, J., Hare, B., & Tomasello, M. (2010).
The structure of individual differences in the cognitive abilities of children and
chimpanzees. Psychological Science, 21, 102-110. Danny1
Gottlieb, G., & Blair, C. (2004). How early experience matters in intellectual development
in the case of poverty. Prevention Science, 5, 245-252. Lexi1
Tucker-Drob, E. M., Rhemtulla, M., Harden, K. P., Turkheimer, E., & Fask, D. Emergence
of a Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Infant Mental Ability Between
10 Months and 2 Years. Psychological Science, 22(1), 125-133. Johayra2
Week 7
February 25th – Language Development
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 8
MacWhinney, B. (2011). Language Development.
February 27th – Language Development (cont)
Goldstein, M. H., & Schwade, J. A. (2008). Social Feedback to Infants' Babbling Facilitates
Rapid Phonological Learning. Psychological Science, 19(5), 515-523. doi: 10.1111/j.14679280.2008.02117.x Noah3
Werker, J. F., Yeung, H. H., & Yoshida, K. A. (2012).How Do Infants Become Experts at NativeSpeech Perception? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21(4), 221-226.doi:
10.1177/0963721412449459 Danny2
Hoff, E. (2003). The Specificity of Environmental Influence: Socioeconomic Status Affects
Early Vocabulary Development Via Maternal Speech. Child Development, 74(5), 1368–
1378. Lexi2
February 27th 3:30-5:00. Temperament and Emotion Special Event
Room 502. Departmental Colloquium Series. Nathan Fox.
Week 8
March 4th – Temperament and Emotion
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 9
Thompson, R. A., Winer, A. C., & Goodvin, R. (2011). The individual child:
Temperament, emotion, self, and personality.
March 6th – Temperament and Emotion (cont)
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. Katherine3
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Degnan, K. A., Hane, A. A., Henderson, H. A., Moas, O. L., Reeb-Sutherland, B. C., & Fox,
N. A. Longitudinal stability of temperamental exuberance and social-emotional
outcomes in early childhood. Developmental Psychology. Casey2
Moffitt, T. E., Aresneault, L., Belsky, D., Dickson, N., Hancox, R. J., Harrington, H., Houts,
R., Poulton, R., Roberts, B. W., Ross, S., Sears, M. R., Thomson, W. M., & Caspi, A.
(2011). A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public
safety. PNAS, 108, 2693-2698. Calvin1
March 11th / 13th – No Class Spring Break
Week 9
March 18th -- Socialization Experiences I – Parent-child relationships
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 10
Lamb, M. E., & Lewis, C. (2011). The role of parent-child relationships in child
development.
March 20th – Socialization Experiences I – Parent-child relationships
Hane, A. A., & Fox, N. A. (2006). Ordinary variations in maternal caregiving of human
infants influence stress reactivity. Psychological Science, 17, 550-556. Laura3
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
Casey3
Belsky, J. & Pluess, M. (2009). Beyond diathesis-stress: Differential susceptibility to
environmental influences. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 885-908. Danny3
Week 10
March 25th -- Socialization Experiences I – Parent-child relationships (cont)
Huston, A. C., & Aronson, S. R. (2005). Mothers’ time with infant and time in employment
as predictors of mother-child relationships and children’s early development. Child
Development, 76, 467.Lexi3
Ispa, J. M., Fine, M. A., Halgunseth, L. C., Harper, S., Robinson, J., Boyce, L., Brooks-Gunn,
J., & Brady-Smith, C. (2004). Maternal intrusiveness, maternal warmth, and mothertoddler relationship outcomes: Variations across low-income ethnic and
acculturation groups. Child Development, 75, 1613. Johayra3
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Fraley, R. C., Roisman, G. I., Booth-LaForce, C., Owen, M. T., & Holland, A. S. (2013).
Interpersonal and Genetic Origins of Adult Attachment Styles: A Longitudinal Study
From Infancy to Early Adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, No
Pagination Specified. doi: 10.1037/a0031435 Katherine4
EXTRA: Baker, J. K., Fenning, R. M., & Crnic, K. A. (2010). Emotion socialization by
mothers and fathers: Coherence among behaviors and associations with parent
attitudes and children’s social competence. Social Development, 20, 412-430.
March 27th – Socialization Experiences I – Parent-child relationships (cont)
Lansford, J. E. (2009). Parental divorce and children’s adjustment. Perspectives on Psychological
Science, 4, 140-152. Johayra4
Wainright, J. L., Russell, S. T., & Patterson, C. J. (2004). Psychosocial adjustment, school
outcomes, and romantic relationships of adolescents with same-sex parents. Child
Development, 75, 1886. Calvin2
Crowl, A., Ahn, S., & Baker, J. (2008). A meta-analysis of developmental outcomes for
children of same-sex and heterosexual parents. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 4, 385407. Laura4
Week 11
April 1st – Socialization Experiences II – Peer relationships
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 11
Rubin, K. H., Coplan, R. J., Chen, X., Bowker, J., & McDonald, K. L. (2011).
Peer relationships in childhood.
April 3rd – Socialization Experiences II – Peer relationships (cont)
Murray-Close, D., & Ostrov, J. M. (2009). A longitudinal study of forms and functions
of aggressive behavior in early childhood. Child Development, 80, 828-842. Casey4
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. Erin2
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. Katherine5
Week 12
April 8th: Socialization Experiences III - School and Community
Bornstein & Lamb: Chapter 12
Eccles, J. S., & Roeser, R. W. (2011). School and community influences on human
development.
April 10th – Socialization Experiences III – School and Community (cont)
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Howes, C., Sanders, K., & Lee, L. (2008). Entering a new peer group in ethnically and
linguistically diverse childcare classrooms. Social Development, 17, Calvin3
Clampet-Lundquist, S., Edin, K., Kling, J. R., & Duncan, G. J. (2011). Moving teenagers out
of high-risk neighborhoods: How girls fare better than boys. American Journal of
Sociology, 116, 1154-1189. Lexi4
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. Erin3
Week 13
April 15th – Beyond Childhood: The transition to adulthood.
Rutter, M. (1989). Pathways from childhood to adult life. Journal of Child Psychology and
Psychiatry, 30, 23-51.Carlton4
Arnett, J. J. (2007). Emerging adulthood: What is it and what is it good for? Child
Development Perspectives, 1, 68-73. Erin3
April 17th – Beyond Childhood: The transition to adulthood (cont)
Lee, C., & Gramotnev, H. (2007). Life transitions and mental health in a national cohort of
young Australian women. Developmental Psychology, 43, 877-888. Erin4
Masten, A. S., & Tellegen, A. (2012). Resilience in developmental psychopathology:
Contributions of the Project Competence Longitudinal Study. Development and
Psychopathology, 24, 345-361.Casey5
Week 14
April 22nd – Beyond Childhood: Transition to parenthood, middle adulthood
Doss, B. D., Rhoades, G. K., Stanley, S. M., & Markman, H. J. (2009). The effect of the
transition to parenthood on relationship quality: An 8-year prospective study.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 601-619.Danny4
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.Calvin4
Weisman, O., et al. (2012). "Oxytocin administration to parent enhances infant physiological
and behavioral readiness for social engagement." Biological Psychiatry 72(12): 982
989. Danny5
April 24th – Beyond Childhood: Transition to parenthood, middle adulthood
Feldman, R., Sussman, A. L., Zigler, E. (2004). Parental leave and work adaptation at the
transition to parenthood: Individual, marital, and social correlates. Journal of Applied
Developmental Psychology, 25, 459-479. Johayra5
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Whitbourne, S. K., Sneed, J. R., & Sayer, A. (2009). Psychosocial development from college
through midlife: A 34-year sequential study. Developmental Psychology, 45, 13281340.Carlton5
Urry, H. L., & Gross, J. J. (2010). Emotion regulation in older age. Current Directions in
Psychological Science, 19, 352-257. Noah4
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