This curricular unit aims to provide general training, in the field of scientific knowledge in the areas of Learning Psychology, in an interdisciplinary perspective, on the different aspects that allow the understanding of this area of human behavior and promote a solid scientific training (theoretical, technical and methodological) in the field of Learning Psychology.
Semestral
S1. Human Learning: concept definition.
S2. Types of Learning.
S3. Learning Factors.
S4. Learning as adaptation.
S5. Non-associative learning: reflexes, habituation and sensitization.
S6. Associative Learning. Classical conditioning: basic elements and phenomena; associative mechanisms; biological and emotional states.
S7. Operant Learning. Acquisition and elimination of responses; aversive control of behavior; maintenance of behavior.
S8. Observational learning: imitation and social modeling.
S9. Cognitive Theories of Learning.
S10. Vygotsky's cultural-interactionist theory.
S11. Rogers' Humanist Learning.
S12. Applications of Learning Psychology in different contexts (educational, clinical, organizational).
It is intended that students acquire skills that allow them to:
LG1.Differentiate the main concepts in the field of Learning Psychology;
LG2.Recognize the different types of learning;
LG3.Identify the main learning factors;
LG4. Distinguish associative learning from non-associative learning;
LG5.Recognize non-associative and associative forms of learning;
LG6.Know classical conditioning and operant or instrumental conditioning;
LG7.Understand how observational learning is processed;
LG8.Discriminate the various learning theories;
LG9.Analyze different situations taking into account the knowledge acquired.
Mandatory
Use of active methodologies such as PBL (Problem based learning) methodologies; allow students the possibility of learning from an interdisciplinary perspective (STEAM) and using digital resources in the teaching-learning process.
Português
Não
Mazur, J. (2009): Learning and Behavior. NJ: Prentice Hall.
Ormrod, J. (2011). Human Learning. NJ: Prentice Hall.
Schunk, D.H. (2022). Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective. (8th Edition) Pearson Education Limited.
Scott, D. & Hargreaves, E. (2015). The SAGE Handbook of Learning . Sage Publications.
