Learning and Memory

Aprendizagem e Memória

Course 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:

1. LEARNING
   Learning theories.
   Educational and psychotherapeutic implications.
   Learning disabilities.
2. MEMORY
   Types.
   Encoding.
   Information transfer.
   Storage and memory retrieval.
   Distortion and memory loss.
3. INTEGRATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES INVOLVED IN MEMORY AND LEARNING - reciprocal implications.

Suggested Bibliography:

• Myers DG (2016) Exploring psychology. 10th ed. New York: Worth Publishers. ISBN: 978-1464154072
• Rudmann D (2018) Learning and Memory. London: Sage Publications. ISBN: 9781483374833
• Schwartz BL (2018) Memory: Foundations and Applications – Foundations and applications. United Kingdom: Sage Publications. ISBN: 9781506326535
• Sternberg RJ & Sternberg K (2017). Cognitive Psychology. 7th ed. London: Wandsworth. ISBN: 978-1305644656
• Terry WS (2018). Learning and Memory: Basic principles, processes, and procedures. 5th Edition. London: Routledge. ISBN: 9781138645974