Meets with F738.  This course deals with learning, memory, and other issues
pertaining to the performance by individuals and groups of various folkloric
phenomena.  Among the topics to be explored are:

I.  Aspects of learning; learning 'unstructured' materials:  affective
components, emotions and sentiments.  II.  The process of communication;
transmission; form and learning:  the capacity to formulate, coding and
decoding, to teach and to learn.   III.
Variables in the learning of lore:  issues of structure,  'impressiveness,'
subjects' age, gender, mental set, etc.  IV.  	Context and Learning:
independent and dependent variables in
learning.  Social factors; the social role, the norm.  V.  Effect and social
learning.  VI.  The cybernetics model, feedback theory:  mere knowledge of
results; processing of information.                perceptual-motor skills;
learning and performance; kinesics and craftsmanship in traditional culture.
VII.  Factors involved in the process of  "recalling"/"remembering."
Performance as a                constituent of "learning process."

Readings:  H. El-Shamy, "Folkloric Behavior," and other selected works in
folklore and related disciplines.

Papers:  One term paper emphasizing research and 1-3 book or article
report(s)

Fulfills a COAS Social and Historical Studies, Social Inquiry distribution
requirement.