Meets with F430.  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).