Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Affiliate 2008-2009: Essay titles for Human Learning and Memory course (PSYC 3207)

These are the same essay titles as those for last year:

You can choose two essay topics from all the topics below:


  • Why do we become forgetful as we get older?
  • Write an essay on the neuroscience of memory.


Critically evaluate some of the theories that have been proposed to
explain age-related memory decline.


Describe some of the ways in which fluent processing affects memory.


What evidence is there that memories are often blocked or inhibited at
retrieval?


Compare the episodic/semantic and transfer-appropriate processing
theories of memory.


Compare and contrast the roles of the hippocampus, amygdala, and
frontal lobes in memory.


What have neuropsychological and/or brain imaging studies revealed
about short-term memory?


Are memories consolidated after their initial formation?


What would your advice be to someone who has just witnessed a road
accident and wants to provide accurate eyewitness evidence?

What is the relationship between implicit leaming and implicit memory?

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