PSYC 327
Optimizing Learning and Memory Fall 2009
Division II
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What strategies and practices make human learning and memory efficient and effective? This course will cover basic research on learning and memory, and there will also be an emphasis on practical aspects of memory, as they relate, for example, to witness testimony, sports, and, particularly, education and self-regulated study. In addition to examining “what works,” there will be a second major topic: What do people think works? Memory is complex and often unintuitive, and we will examine people’s misconceptions with respect to, for example, what, when, and how to study. Consistent with what is known about learning and memory, students will be expected and encouraged to be active participants in, and observers of, their own learning.
The Class: Format: empirical lab course
Limit: 19
Expected: 12
Class#: 1278
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: seminar and lab attendance, an original empirical research project (small groups), a written report of the research project (written individually), shorter written assignments, an in-class presentation of the research project, quizzes, and participation
Prerequisites: Psychology 201 and Psychology 221 or 222, or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences: Psychology majors
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: COGS Interdepartmental Electives
PSYC Area 2 - Cognitive Psychology
PSYC Empirical Lab Course
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