Psychology of Memory

Code:

P201

Acronym:

PM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/pt/conteudos_adm.list?pct_pag_id=1009119&pct_parametros=pv_ocorrencia_id=382350
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	194	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The major aims are: (1) understanding the major research topics in the area of human memory, such as memory processes, memory types and models; (2) knowing the most relevant scientific literature in this area; (3) introducing a few neurological cases about memory deficits and excesses and how the analysis of these cases contributed to the improvement of the most recent memory models; (4) making available to students the opportunity to participate in laboratory memory tasks and experiments related to some of the most representative types of human memory.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course students should be able to: (1) Describe and understand different types of memory, capacity limits, in addition to the main concepts and explanatory theories; (2) Know, understand and communicate the most relevant literature in this area; (3) Apply some of the acquired knowledge to school and everyday settings; (4) Participate in laboratory tasks and experiments, integrating memory knowledge and personal experience.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n/a

Program

(1) Introduction to human memory: Definition, models, types and landmarks in the history of psychology of human memory.
(2) Memory measurement: Explicit (recall and recognition); implicit (relearning and completion).
(3) Theories and explanations of human forgetting: (time and disuse; types of interference; contextual incongruity; repression); The therapeutic mechanism of forgetfulness.
(4) Visual and auditory sensory memory: capacity, duration and main effects.
(5) Short-term memory (STM): Capacity, coding, duration and forgetting. Working memory: Baddeley’s model; Major tasks and tests in STM and WM.
(6) Long-term memory (LTM): General introduction and serial position effects; Sub-divisions of LTM and the most recent representative models by Tulving and Squire.
(7) Procedures for consolidation in LTM: Types of repetition, visualization, imagery and memory techniques.
(8) Remembering from LTM: Errors and false memories; Loftus and DRM techniques; Factors and theories of memory errors.
(9) Autobiographical memory: Research methods; Distribution of lifelong memories; Flasbulb memories: Degrees of certainty and precision; infantile amnesia.
(10) Memory deficits: retrograde and anterograde amnesia; analysis of some representative cases; Alzheimer's dementia. Superior memory, excessive memory and some representative cases.
(11) Conclusion: The centrality of memory in 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

Comments from the literature

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methods 1. Tutorial classes; 2-Readings and watching small movies and videos, participation in experiments; 3-Individual study and group discussion.

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

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	90,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho laboratorial	18,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

To obtain frequency, class attendance is not compulsory, but it is highly recommended and it is valued in the final exam, whenever students make specific references to discussions from the lectures they attended.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is the result of:

1. Final exam (100%),

Students must obtain at least 10 marks in 20 to pass the exam and be approved.

Examinations or Special Assignments

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 sssignments to Erasmus students on request in the first class.

Internship work/project

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Worker students and students with special needs: According to Faculty regulations.

Classification improvement

It is possible, according to Faculty regulations.

Observations

The resources and activities to develop in P201 will be available in sigarra.