b3 - long term memory

Question 1

who was the psychologist that suggested LTM was divided into 3 sections?

Answer 1

Tulving

Question 2

what are the three sections that LTM is divided into?

Answer 2

episodic
semantic
procedural

Question 3

what is episodic memory?

Answer 3

recall events from our own lives, personal recollections or experiences.
e.g. what breakfast you ate in the morning, a gig you went to last week
time stamped memories
consciously recalled

Question 4

what is semantic memory?

Answer 4

shared knowledge about the world
e.g. the meaning of words, where the eiffel tower is
not time stamped

Question 5

what is procedural memory?

Answer 5

actions and skills and how to do things.
e.g. driving a car, riding a bike
recalled with no conscious effort
uses a motor code
taught by being shown not told
more resistant to forgetting than other types of LTM

Question 6

two strengths of types of LTM

Answer 6

clinical evidence- HM and Clive Wearing - episodic memory impaired due to brain damage but semantic memories were relatively unaffected.

real world applications - distinguishing which sections for LTM is affected can help develop treatment for people with memory loss.

Question 7

name a case study that supports different types of LTM

Answer 7

Clive Wearing

Question 8

explain Clive Wearings case study

Answer 8

he suffered from severe amnesia that resulted from damage to his hippocampus.
he can still play the piano (procedural memory) but can’t remember some things about his past life (episodic memory)