The objective of this paper, Brain, Cognition, and Development, is to provide students with an overview of current methods and theories in cognitive and developmental psychology. Cognitive psychology is the study of cognitive processes (such as memory, attention, language, and decision making). Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life.

Students are expected to attend all three lectures each week:
Mondays 11-12, Tuesdays 12-1, and Wednesdays 4.10-5. Lectures will be in LG.03 in Hamilton and in Tauranga in TCBD 2.03.
Students should have completed the assigned readings prior to the lecture on that subject.
Lecture notes and laboratory handouts are available on-line via the Moodle web page.
Students who miss a lecture for unavoidable reasons can request access to a Panopto recording of that lecture.
(Clash of times with another regularly scheduled paper or on-going work commitments are not grounds for requesting access to Panopto recordings).

There is no external examination for the paper. The assessment for this paper will be based on a mid-term test (worth 30%), an end-of-term test (worth 30%), laboratory quizzes (10%), and laboratory reports summarising the laboratory demonstrations (worth 30%), and The first test covers lectures, class discussions, and readings from the first half of the term while the second test covers lectures, discussions, and readings from the second half. Make-up tests are not given except by arrangement with the lecturer prior to the test. Normally all work will be marked within two weeks of the due date and grades will be allocated in accordance with the standard University grading system.

Test 1 will be held in class on 14 August. Test 2 will be held in class on 9 October. The first laboratory report is due 12 August and should be submitted via the Moodle web page. The second laboratory report is due 23 September, also submitted on Moodle. Students who miss one of these two lab report submissions may elect to submit a lab report for the third laboratory exercise, which will be due on 14 October (only two lab reports can be submitted). Students needing to request an extension of time for any piece of assessment must do so on the School of Psychology’s Extension Request Form, before the due date.