PSYCHOLOGY 117
Human Memory
Spring 2007
Instructor Teaching Assistant
Name: Dr. Jonathan Schooler Name: Meghan Roarty
Office: Rm 3818 Psychology East Office: Psychology 2243
Hours: 10-12 Wednesday Hours: Wednesdays 10-12
Email: schooler@psych.ucsb.edu Email: roarty@psych.ucsb.edu
Website: http://mentor.lscf.ucsb.edu/course/spring/psyc117/
Lectures
Tues and Thurs 11-12:15 in Psych 1824.
Powerpoint slides- will be available on line at the website prior to class, however, these are to assist in note taking (not a substitute for coming to class) and may not be 100% identical to what is presented in class.
1st Half
The Modal Model and Working Memory
2nd Half
Textbook
Human Memory, by Gabriel Radvansky (2006)
Course Outline and Reading Assignments
4/1-4/3 History & the Modal Model
Chapter 1
4/8-4/10 Sensory & Working Memory
Chapter 4 & 5
4/15-4/17 Encoding and Retrieval
Chapter 7
4/22-4/24 Implicit and Procedural Memory
Chapter 6
4/29 Catch up and review
5/1 Mid-term
5/6-5/8 Memory illusions and interference
Chapter 12, 13
5/13-5/15 Meta-memory
Chapter 14
5/20-5/22 Memory for emotional experiences
Schooler, J.W. (2001) Discovering memories in the light of meta-awareness. The Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma. 4, 105-136
Schooler, J.W. & Eich E. (2000). Memory for emotional events. In E. Tulving & F.I.M. Craik (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Memory. New York: Oxford University Press p. 379-394
5/27-5/29 Autobiographical memory
Chapter 11
6/3-6/5 Memory improvement and Review
Final Exam: Wednesday, June 11 from 12-3pm
Exams
There will a mid-term and a final exam. The exams will be a combination of multiple choice (approximately 75%) and short answer (approximately 25%). The midterm will be worth 40% of the final grade and the final exam will be worth 60%. The final exam will be cumulative although it will focus particularly on the material covered in the final portion of the class.