Psychology: 3320 Learning and Memory



Psychology: 3320 Learning and MemorySummer I 2020Professor: Dr. Ana I. SchwartzOffice hours: via live chat on Blackboard (or Blackbaord collaborate) M-R 5-6Email: aischwartz@utep.edu (best way to reach me!)Required Text: Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior 4th edition Gluck, Mercado and MyersCourse ContentThis course is focused on the processes and principles of learning and memory. These two constructs are actually impossible to fully separate from each other, each interacts with the other. For simplicity, “learning” refers to the acquisition of new information and “memory” to its retrieval. In this course you will understand the varieties in which humans and animals take in information and the varieties of memory traces. You will learn the principles that guide how new information is acquired, stored and retrieved. We will cover the following topics:1) Early, historical perspectives on the nature of learning and memory.2) Forms of learning:a) classical conditioningb) operant learning3) Forms of memorya) short term memoryb) working memoryc) long term memory4) Processes of memorya) attentionb) encodingc) retrieval3) The nature of forgetting/retrieval failure4) The neural components that support basic processes of learning and memoryAll of the topics we will be discussing have direct applications to our everyday experiences. The powerpoint lectures and videos all include human and real word examples that can easily be applied to education, clinical psychology, raising children, and improving our own behavior and lifestyle. For me, this is one of the most rewarding aspects of being a psychologist. So I expect you to communicate to me how you see the connections between course content and your own experiences. Contacting me/office hours1) To get one on one feedback/help on concepts or to address questions regarding content you can:a) participate in my virtual office hour (M-R 5-6)b) participate in the TA’s virtual office hours (TBD)c) IF your question is short and straightforward email me.2) For questions regarding your overall course grade or any questions regarding accommodations email me, not the TA.3) Report any technical problems to the TA via Blackboard. He will communicate it to me if he is unable to resolve it.Course schedule To protect everyone’s health and to comply with university policy and CDC guidelines all course content will be delivered on-line through Blackboard. This presents some challenges but also some opportunities. One challenge is now, more than ever, students must be vigilant of their own learning. Students have to monitor how well they are mastering the material and devote appropriate time for study and review. To assist students with monitoring their own learning and proper pacing through the content the course is divided into different parts that end with a quiz that is due by the end of day (11:59pm) of the date listed.NOTE: The specific quiz dates and numbers of lessons might change slightly, depending on how the class is progressing overall. These dates are tentative. Any change in the date of a quiz or a test will be announced via blackboard with 24 hour notice. You are responsible for keeping up with Blackboard and checking in every day of the semester, this includes at least once over the weekends.1) Chapter 1 Foundations: Test1 6/12Part I: Lessons: 1, 2, 3Quiz1 due 6/9Part II: Lessons: 4, 5, 6Quiz2 due 6/10Part III: Lessons: 7, 8Quiz3 due 6/112) Chapter 4 Classical Conditioning: Test2 6/17Part I: Lessons 1, 2Quiz4 due 6/15Part II: Lessons 3,4,5, video Quiz5 due 6/163) Chapter 5 Operant Learning: Test3 6/23Part I: Lessons 1, 2, 3 Quiz6 due 6/18Part II: Lessons 4, 5 Quiz7 due 6/21 Part III: Lessons 6, 7 Quiz8 due 6/224) Chapter 9: Short term and working memory: Test4 6/26Part I: Lessons 1, 2 Quiz due 6/24Part II: Lessons 3,4 Quiz due 6/255) Chapter 7: Episodic and Semantic Long Term Memory: Test5 7/2Part I: Lessons 1, 2, 3 Quiz due 6/30Part II: Lessons 4, 5, 6 Quiz due 7/1 Optional cumulative exam 7/6 Assessment1) Note that just about every weekday there is either a quiz or a test. This is because an entire semester’s worth of content is covered in less than 4 weeks. a) You should expect to devote 4 hours a day to this course M-F and at least 4 hours over the weekend.b) I recommend you schedule four, 1-hour blocks for Monday – Friday.c) During these blocks you should - listen and take notes on the Powerpoint lessons- read the corresponding parts of the chapter- for the blocks later in the day, study/review/take quiz.2) Quizzes: Your overall quiz average will be worth 50% of your grade in the course. Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped.a) Quizzes will consist of multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer questions.b) You will have two opportunities to take the quiz, the highest grade is the one that will be recorded in the grade bookc) Items on the quiz will be randomly selected from a pool of items. So, you may at times get the same item if you take the quiz more than once. That’s fine.d) Quizzes will be available starting the day before the due date, to allow a longer window of opportunity to take the quiz, study and take it again.e) Quizzes will be timed to 20 minutesf) Items will be presented one at a time. Backtracking will be prohibited.g) Because some items will be fill in the blank and short answer, there will be a 24-hour delay in the posting of your final, official quiz grade. The TA needs time to go through fill in the blank responses, because sometimes Blackboard does not code these accurately (for example, scoring a correct answer as incorrect due to a spelling error). I highly recommend you leave time to be able to take the quiz once and then review and then take it again. The quizzes are designed to help you strengthen your memory trace of the content. The best way to strengthen memory is through recall attempts. So, take the quiz, review, take it again after you reviewed.3) Tests: You overall test average will be worth 50% of your grade in the course. If you take the optional cumulative final, your lowest test grade will be dropped. You should take the optional cumulative if you have at least one test grade that was not 90 or above.a) Tests will solely be multiple choiceb) Tests will consist of 40-50 questionsc) Tests will be timed, allowing for 90 minutes to complete.d) Tests can only be taken twice. The highest grade will be the grade recorded in the grade book.e) items will be randomly selected from a pool of questions. So, you might get some items twice, that’s fine.f) Tests will be available for 24 hours. Starting at midnight of the due date and ending at 11:59pm that day.4) Extra credit: Students can earn up to 30 points extra credit by participating in SONA research. For every 1 hour credit students will earn 10 points (5 points for ? hour). Points will be added to the lowest, non-dropped quiz grade. If a student has quiz grades that are all 90 or higher, points will be added to the lowest, non-dropped test grade.Format of course content delivery1) Most of the content will be delivered through narrated powerpoint lessons. I tried to keep each lesson short. The powerpoint files are in powerpoint show format, this means when you download the file you cannot open it up to edit it. Instead, you can only play it. I recommend pausing it frequently to take notes.2) Sometimes a part of a unit will include content delivered through a video3) I have created numerous short “tutorial videos” in which I give you practice with terms and concepts. 4) Study aids are provided for each unit. These are a combination of word documents listing key terms and concepts, videos in which I engage you in some Q&A, or internet resoruces. ................
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