Psychology of Memory

Code:

P201

Acronym:

PM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/conteudos_adm.conteudos_list?pct_pag_id=1639&pct_parametros=p_ano_lectivo=2011/2012-y-p_cad_codigo=P201-y-p_periodo=2S
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	183	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	1	-	4	36	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Objectivos / Course goals
At the end of the course, students should be able to: (1) Understand and describe memory types and major concepts, know their limits and capacities and comprehend major theories and models; (2) Read, know and understand the major literature references; (3) Examine, write and communicate information about this area; (4) Apply the knowledge acquired to practical situations; (5) Attend as subjects in small experiments and demonstrations in order to integrate information and skills.

Program

Programa / programme:
1. Definition, models, types and landmarks in the history of the psychology of human memory.
2. Quantitative and qualitative methods of measuring memory.
3. Theories and explanations of human forgetting.
4. Sensory memories: Visual and auditory.
5. Short-term memory and working memory: Capacity, coding and duration.
6. Long-term memory: Dissociations, representative types and models.
7. Long-term memory and consolidation processes: Repetition, imagery, mnemonics and storage techniques.
8. Long-term memory: Remembering and false memories.
9. Autobiographical memory: Flashbulb memories and distribution of life-long memories.
10. Memory deficits and excesses: Analysis of some representative cases.
11. Conclusion: Memory, personal identity and personality.

Mandatory literature

Pinto Amâncio da Costa; Psicologia da aprendizagem e memória. ISBN: 978-989-8148-80-3
Baddeley Alan; Memory. ISBN: 978-1-84872-001-5
Anderson John R.; Learning and memory. ISBN: ISBN 0-471-24925-4
Schacter Daniel L.; Searching for memory. ISBN: ISBN 0-465-07552-5
Pinto Amâncio da Costa; Psicologia geral. ISBN: 972-674-339-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Métodos de ensino / Teaching methods
1. Tutorial classes;
2-Readings and watching small movies and videos, participation in experiments;
3-Individual study and group discussion.
Classes are taught on a cognitive and experimental framework and have a major component of theorethical and experimental analysis, supported by roundtable discussions and implementation of small demonstrations. There will also be an invitation to participate in experiments and demonstrations in the laboratory of experimental psychology during the semester.

Software

Não aplicável a esta UC

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Cognitive science
Health sciences > Neuroscience > Neuropsychology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Experimental psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	26,00
Readings: Papers and book chapters identified as compulsory or highly recommended; Watching and comment appropriate video clips; Participation, although optional, in experiments and demonstrations	Trabalho escrito	40,00		2012-05-31
Final examination	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Individual study and group discussion	Estudo autónomo	40	2012-05-31
	Total:	40,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtenção da frequência / Eligibility
1. Considering the large number of students enrolled, class attendance is not mandatory, and students, who do not attend classes, are elegibile only for the final exam.
2. However the presence in class is recommended, and students' presence in classes are registered in all classes and activities in each class are considered in their assessment in the modality of "distribution assessment with final exam"

Calculation formula of final grade

Cálculo da classificação final / Calculation of final grade

1. The evaluation is done exclusively by a final written exam for students who did not attend classes, or when attending some classes obtained less than 60% in the continuous evaluation throughout the semester.
2. Students who attended classes and achieved a score higher than 61% of the total score to be obtained, are able to convert the percentage between 6.1 and 10, and add this score to the one to be obtained in the final exam assessment, which for these students is limited to a maximum of 10 marks. In each examination period, the final exam is common to all students.
3.All the topics covered in class, recommended papers and chapter readings, which are indicated in the summaries as mandatory, are elegibile for assessment in the final exame.
4. Students must obtain at least 10 in 20 to be approved. Approval requires getting 10 or more in the final assessment, or in the modality of "distribution assessment with final exam". No oral examination or similar assessment is considered for students who obtain between 8 and 9.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Provas e trabalhos especiais / Supplementary work
The Special Assignments are provided only for students with special needs who can not attend classes in whole or in part, and the required assignment can be adapted to each special case. It is also possible to provide Special Assignments to Erasmus students on request in the first class.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Avaliação especial (TE, DA, ...) / Worker students and special needs
According to Faculty regulations.

Classification improvement

Melhoria da classificação final-distribuída/ Attempts to improve the final grade.

According to Faculty regulations.

Observations

Observações / Comments and Observations
Portuguese is the language of course instruction, but English can be used for Erasmus students on individual tutorials.
Students are required to consult the folder "Documents" on the website P201 in SIGARRA. Within this folder there are several files to support lessons.
The UC-P201 has also a discussion forum and a database on Moodle in order to promote the interactive component of teaching.