Students who choose to work with a partner are still expected to complete their own set of infant observations. Observational records must be appended to your paper in order to receive full credit. Observations may be narrative record, or some form or coding or time sampling of behavior. Be sure each observation records the infant's name or other identification, age, location, date and length of time of observation. We will be discussing observation techniques during Week 2.
Undergraduate students have two options.
Be sure to indicate on the title page of your paper which option you have chosen. Focus on this area of development and write a literature review on this topic that also integrates your own observations of infants. Three hours of observation required. Research this question by observing infants. Five hours of observation required.