Learning and Memory

The purpose of this course is to review the empirical and theoretical literature on learning and memory. This is done by lecture and demonstrations. One goal for the class is to improve memory skills. There are three one-hour exams and a final. There is a paper option, which can replace an exam grade.

Instructor

Keith Clayton Office: 503 Wilson Hall Office hours: 2-3 Monday and Wednesday, or call 322-0060 for appointment. e-mail : keith.n.clayton@vanderbilt.edu

Teaching Assistant

Amy Shelton e-mail

Text

Learning and Memory: An Integrated Approach by John Anderson

• ACT-R Architecture
• Exploratorium's Exhibit on Franco Magnani
• Exporatorium's Common Cent's Experiment on Memory
• Neuropsychology
• Mnemonics:
• Amanda's Mnemonics Page
• Greg Gay's Mnemonics
• For Medical students: Anatomy
• "Mind Tools" on "Psych-Web"
• For remembering the Harvard Spectral Classification Scheme !
• From Bruno Klumpp

Outline

• Introduction
• Basic Terms
• Ebbinghaus
• Movie
• Spacing Effect
• Incidental Learning
• Organization
• Picture-words
• Buffer Model
• ACT*
• Exam #1Wednesday Feb 4
• Interference
• Rehearsal
• Recognition & Recall
• Recognition Theory
• TAP
• Implicit Tests
• Permastore
• Exam #2 Wednesday Feb 25
• Test Effects - Positive
• Test Effects - Negative
• False Memories
• Sternberg Paradigm
• Sternberg (Continued)
• Collins & Quillian
• PDP Models
• Exam #3 Friday March 28
• Semantic Priming
• Memory for Prose
• Imagery & Memory
• Memory for Pictures
• Visual Form
• Mental Comparison
• Neural Science
• Review
• Final Thursday July 3

Class Pak

Class lecture outlines are available in a Class Pak.

A paper may be substituted for one of the exams. The paper's general topic must be approved by June 12. An outline of the paper is due June 18, and the paper is due June 30. The paper should be 10-15 pages long, using APA-style referencing (see textbook as example). The paper should review some research area related to learning and memory, but should also relate this research to knowledge gained in this class. Students are encouraged to use the Social Science Citation Index, the Psychological Abstracts, PsycLIT on CD, and PsychInfo