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Presentation
Presentation
The curricular unit "Cognitive Processes II - Memory and Language" integrates contents about two essential domains of human cognition, and it is important that students in this study cycle in Psychology develop their knowledge about the processes, bases, normal development through the lifespan and disorders in this scope, simultaneously developing the ability to think at an abstract level, and transfer and apply this knowledge. This domain is basic for subsequent study cycles in the field of Psychology, as its content will be further developed, namely, in Clinical Psychology, Educacional Psychology, and Neuropsychology.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT35-24974
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
I . Memory Conceptual foundations; Taxonomies of memory pertaining to length, storage capacity, and functioning; Historical content and development of research about memory in Psychology; Cognitive perspective of information processing in memory; Main theoretical models; General notions about Memory deficits and dysfunction; The experimental method in the study of memory processes. II. Language Conceptual foundations. Theoretical perspectives about language acquisition and development. Biological, cognitive and social bases of language acquisition Relation between language and cognition General notions about oral and written language disorders.
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Objectives
Objectives
This CU intends to provide the students with knowledge about the processes of memory and language, and its importance in the scope of Psychology, understanging each area and the integration of the two areas. Specifically, the students must develp the following knowledge and competences: LO1. Recognize and identify the conceptual founding of the cognitive processes associated to memory and language; LO2. Identify and relate the theoretical and empirical knowledge about memory and language in the domain of human cognition; LO3. Recognize and identify the memory and language processes in the context of normal functioning and dysfunction; LO4. Identify the relations between memory and language; LO5. Apply research methodologies that are used in the study of memory and language.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
The theoretical contents are transmitted through expositive and participative methodologies, complemented by the practical methodologies of the laboratory classes (execution of experimental tasks, writing of experimental reports, analyzing, and discussing scientific papers).
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References
References
Harley, T. A. (2014). The psychology of language: From data to theory (4ª ed.). New York: PsychologyPress. Eysenck, M. W., Keane, M. T. (2020). Cognitive Psychology: A Student’s Book (8th ed.). New York: Psychology Press. Lieberman, D. A. (2011). Human Learning & Memory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
