Learning and Memory
Aprendizagem e Memória
Curse code:9219109
Telma Catarina Ferreira De Almeida
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
- Provide the base concepts regarding the psychological processes involved in learning and memory functioning and consequently human behaviour.
- Know and understand the learning theories and their applicability.
- Recognize the types of memory and the processes involved in encoding, information transfer, storage and memory retrieval.
- Acquire skills to understand quotidian problems explained by changes in learning and memory processes.
- Recognize the relevance of learning and memory psychology to the various applied areas of psychology.
- Acquire and develop basic scientific research skills in the area of learning and memory.
Syllabus:
- LEARNING
Learning theories.
Educational and psychotherapeutic implications.
Learning disabilities. - MEMORY
Types.
Encoding.
Information transfer.
Storage and memory retrieval.
Distortion and memory loss. - INTEGRATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES INVOLVED IN MEMORY AND LEARNING - reciprocal implications.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Coxon M (2012) Cognitive Psychology, London: Sage Publications
- Eysenck M & Keane M (2000) Cognitive psychology: A student’s handbook, 4th ed., East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press
- Gleitman H, Fridlund A & Reisberg D (2011) Psicologia, 9th ed., Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
- Myers DG (1999) Exploring psychology, 4th ed., New York: Worth Publishers Sternberg
- Sternberg RJ & Sternberg K (2012) Cognition, London: Wandsworth
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