PSY 5014 is also offered in Spring 2024
PSY 5014 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2018 | PSY 5014 Section 001: Psychology of Human Learning and Memory (67169)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 220
- Enrollment Status:
Open (17 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Human memory encoding/retrieval. How we adaptively use memory. Brain systems that support memory. Episodic/semantic memory. Working/short-term memory. Procedural memory. Repetition priming. Prospective remembering. Autobiographical memory. prereq: 3011 or 3051 or honors or grad student
- Class Description:
- A fundamental characteristic of memory is that it in some way repeats or copies something that occurred previously to an organism. However, there is clear variability in the extent to which what is recalled actually matches or echoes what was originally experienced. Further, although this variability is often viewed as a problem, as it may result in errors of memory, such variability, in other contexts, is linked to sought after forms of thinking and expression, with implications for the transfer of learning, creativity, problem-solving, how we classify objects and events, and modes of thinking such as analogy and metaphor. A goal of this course is to understand how we adaptively use memory (episodic, semantic, procedural) in both exact and variable ways. We also will seek to relate behaviorally observed variability in memory to specific brain processes. This is an intensive seminar class. Each week, all students prepare written responses on specific chosen topics from the assigned readings (topics are selected from a list of provided options), and present their topic during the class.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
40% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
20% Class Participation
- Workload:
- 50-60 Pages Reading Per Week
60-70 Pages Writing Per Term Other Workload: 2 take-home exams, 1 term paper, + written prepared topics (~2 pages) for every class
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67169/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 November 2008
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