COMMUNICATION COGNITION PSYCHOLOGY LINGUISTICS DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE CHILDREN COMPREHENSION

The module provides a detailed grounding in the development of communication and cognition, including an introduction to the experimental methods employed in...

Development of Communication and Cognition (PALS0013)

The module provides a detailed grounding in the development of communication and cognition, including an introduction to the experimental methods employed in this area, and lays the foundations for understanding and undertaking research in these areas. It examines psychological and linguistic theories of development and represents key aspects of cognitive development and their relation to social development.

It provides an overview of the nature of children’s language production and comprehension at different stages, including discussion of the processes by which language is acquired. Practical experience of early child development is provided through observation and data collection. 

Aims

To give an understanding of  theoretical approaches to the development of communication and cognition.
 To give an understanding of the methods used in developmental study of communication and cognition3. To provide cross-disciplinary insights in the phenomena of cognitive and communicative development through informed observation and data analysis.
On successful completion of the module students should be able to:

Describe typical processes of language, cognitive, and social development and how these can differ in children with developmental disorders (CW1, 2 and 3)
 Explain theories of language and cognitive development and how they can be help us to understand behaviour (mostly CW2 and 3, but also some moodle activities for CW1)
 Critically evaluate theories of language development and how these relate to social development (CW2)
 Apply theories of language development to interpret real language learning data (CW3)

Purpose

This course brings together material from engineering, physics, and physiology relevant to situations in which electronic devices are in direct...