Welcome to the course!
In this
course, we will learn about the development of socio-emotional processing, as
well as methods and issues surrounding the research in this field, focusing
primarily on the first year of life and toddlerhood. While ‘socio-emotional
processing’ encompasses a range of skills, we will be focusing on face and
vocalisation processing given their fundamental and essential nature—after all,
how could we ever understand the inner lives of others without first
understanding the channels of communication through which emotions are
conveyed? We will learn about why these skills are so important, and how
differences in these skills affect more complex processes. The research we
examine will be both behavioural and physiological in nature, and these
different methodologies will be a focus in and of themselves. Our primary focus
will be how these skills emerge and what exactly drives them, as well as
questions remaining in the field. Below is given a summary of each class, along
with reading lists. Do not feel compelled to read all items on these in full—more
important items are starred (*).
Lecturer: Emma Jayne Jackson, B.A., M.Res.
Class
Format
The class
will be in the format of four 3-hour zoom workshops—each of these will include
an interactive component, so please prepare accordingly, and join the class on
a device with a microphone if possible. This will typically involve group
discussions on Zoom. We will take short comfort breaks in these sessions.
Zoom
Links:
Assessment
Submit
your essay here:
The essay
format and how to write the most effective essay possible will be discussed
in-depth in the final session. The course is pass/fail.
- The essay title is ‘Critically discuss factors influencing and constraining development of socio-emotional processing, including processing of emotional expressions’. This is an intentionally broad question, as it gives some scope in approach for answering.
- The essay is a minimum of 1200 words and a maximum of 1500 words. Essays outside of this will not be accepted, so please double-check!
- The essay should be in a word document format—essays in other formats are difficult to mark, and so won’t be accepted.
- The essay deadline is xxxxx. Please get the essay ready to submit with plenty of time. If you need an extension, please email me at ejj515@york.ac.uk ahead of the deadline. Late essays without an extension requested won’t be accepted.
Please don’t
hesitate to send me any questions about the essay guidelines or format!