Class Basic Psychological Processes II

The curricular unit of Basic Psychological Processes II fits into the domain of cognitive sciences, primarily aimed at understanding mental processes. In this context, it is intended to introduce the conceptual and empirical foundations of the Psychology of Memory, along with the exploration of its applications and developments in psychological science, with special emphasis on the training domains covered in various curricular units of the degree, such as the study of individual differences, the understanding of normative psychological functioning and dysfunctionality, the cognitive development throughout life, or even the functional interaction between memory and other cognitive processes. In addition to its conceptual transversality, it is intended to deepen scientific competences based on the knowledge and application of the main research paradigms in the field of human memory.

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C.1 Conceptual foundations in the Psychology of Memory 1.1 Theoretical Frameworks and Research Paradigms 1.1.1 Genesis and conceptual evolution of memory models 1.1.2 Research paradigms and memory tasks 1.2. Memory Systems and Processes 1.2.1 Memory systems: taxonomies based on duration, functions and contents 1.2.2 Memory processes: encoding and transfer, retrieval, forgetting and memory distortion C.2 Applied Memory Research 2.1 Individual differences: deficits and exceptionality 2.2 Learning, organization and knowledge representation 2.3 Developmental patterns and cognitive decline: normativity and dysfunctionality 2.4 Cognitive rehabilitation C.3 Recent developments, controversies and research trends on memory

Participatory exposure methodology (TM1); analysis and discussion of case reports (TM2); use of functional magnetic resonance meta-analytic brain maps (TM3); research activities (TM4), analysis (TM5) and discussion of scientific papers (TM6); teacher feedback (TM7), peer feedback (TM8) and self-assessment (TM9); conducting experiments in laboratory classes (TM10), analysing data with digital tools (TM11) and writing of empirical reports (TM12). The selection and application of these methodologies is part of a set of pedagogical innovation practices, based on evidence, and adjusted to the objectives, contents, and competencies to be promoted in the course.

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