2.3: Procedural LTM

Question 1

Annie can still skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years.
Germaine can still recall what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago.
Billy remembers the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap.

Identify three types of long-term memory and explain how each type is shown in one of the examples above (6 marks)

Answer 1

Annie still being able to skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years is an example of procedural memory

Question 2

Annie can still skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years.
Germaine can still recall what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago.
Billy remembers the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap.

Identify three types of long-term memory and explain how each type is shown in one of the examples above (6 marks).
Annie still being able to skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years is an example of procedural memory, why?

Answer 2

Annie still being able to skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years is an example of procedural memory, because she is remembering an action or muscle-based memory

Question 3

Annie can still skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years.
Germaine can still recall what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago.
Billy remembers the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap.

Identify three types of long-term memory and explain how each type is shown in one of the examples above (6 marks).
Annie still being able to skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years is an example of procedural memory, because she is remembering an action or muscle-based memory.

Germaine

Answer 3

Germaine still remembering what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago is an example of episodic memory

Question 4

Annie can still skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years.
Germaine can still recall what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago.
Billy remembers the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap.

Identify three types of long-term memory and explain how each type is shown in one of the examples above (6 marks).
Annie still being able to skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years is an example of procedural memory, because she is remembering an action or muscle-based memory.

Germaine still remembering what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago is an example of episodic memory, why?

Answer 4

Germaine still remembering what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago is an example of episodic memory, because he recalls the events that took place at a specific point in time

Question 5

Annie can still skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years.
Germaine can still recall what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago.
Billy remembers the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap.

Identify three types of long-term memory and explain how each type is shown in one of the examples above (6 marks).
Annie still being able to skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years is an example of procedural memory, because she is remembering an action or muscle-based memory.

Germaine still remembering what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago is an example of episodic memory, because he recalls the events that took place at a specific point in time.

Billy

Answer 5

Billy remembering the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap is an example of semantic memory

Question 6

Annie can still skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years.
Germaine can still recall what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago.
Billy remembers the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap.

Identify three types of long-term memory and explain how each type is shown in one of the examples above (6 marks).
Annie still being able to skateboard even though she hasn’t skated for many years is an example of procedural memory, because she is remembering an action or muscle-based memory.

Germaine still remembering what happened on his first day at university even though it was ages ago is an example of episodic memory, because he recalls the events that took place at a specific point in time.

Billy remembering the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap is an example of semantic memory, why?

Answer 6

Billy remembering the names of the tools he needs to repair the broken tap is an example of semantic memory, because he remembers factual or meaningful information