Learning and Memory
2
2020-2021
01007900
Psychology
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Compulsory
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
NA
Teaching Methods
Lecturing and doing exercises, and individual written assignment (out-of-lecture room work).
- Periodic Assessment
Two A-Type Tests (written test on all the subjects taught): 7.5 points each.
One C-Type Test (individual work): 5 points. (practical exercise written report; the exercise for the written report is chosen by the student).
Formula for calculating the final classification: 1st Midterm exam grade+ 2nd Midterm exam grade + Individual work
Learning Outcomes
Objectives
Knowing how non declarative and declarative knowledge are acquired
Knowing how the knowledge can be stored and retrieved from memory
Competencies
Knowing fundamental concepts and different approaches to learning and memory from experimental cognitive psychology.
Developing an integrated comprehension of the processes underlying both learning and memory
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Habituation: Basic phenomena. Learning of co-occurring events (classical conditioning): Basic procedures, indirect conditioning and interference phenomena; inhibitory conditioning; temporal contiguity versus contingency.
Learning about consequences of one’s behaviour (operant conditioning): Basic and complex reinforcement schedules; stimulus’ control; errorless learning.
Basic memory processes: Encoding/storage, retention and retrieval. Memory systems (declarative and non declarative). Memory models: Modal model and other models.
Forgetting: Decline and interference, accessibility versus availability; inhibition.
Head Lecturer(s)
Maria Salomé Ferreira Estima Pinho
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 25.0%
Frequency: 75.0%
Bibliography
Baddeley, A. (1997). Human memory: Theory and practice (revised edition). Hove: Psychology Press.
Baddeley, A., Eysenck, M. W., & Anderson, M. C. (2015). Memory (2nd ed.). Hove: Psychology Press.
Byrne, J. H. (2017). Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Academic Press.
Domjan, M. (2014). The principles of learning and behavior (7th edition). Toebben Drive, KY: Wadsworth.
Dudai, Y. (2004) Memory from A to Z: Keywords, concepts and beyond (rev. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press,
Mazur, J. E. (2005). Learning and behavior (8th edition). Oxford, UK: Routledge.
Neath, I., & Surprenant, A. M. (2003). Human memory: An introduction to research, data, and theory (2nd edition). London: Thomson/Wadsworth.
Schwartz, B. L. (2017). Memory: Foundations and applications (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Tulving, E., & Craik, F. I. M. (2005). The Oxford handbook of memory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.