describe and ebaluate the types of long term emory(16 marks)

Question 1

what ahve psychogists suggested there are atleast 3 types of

Answer 1

LTM

Question 2

what ar ethe 3 types og LTM, as suggested by psychologists?

Answer 2

semantic,prcoedural, episodic

Question 3

what is episodic memory?

Answer 3

a type of explicit memory, whcih includes memory of personal experiences, auch as the first day at school.

Question 4

what are the three element of episodic memory? how do these interact?

Answer 4

details of the event, context and emotions
they are interwoven

Question 5

how is the strength of episodic memories determined?

Answer 5

strength of emotions experienced when the memory is coded,

Question 6

is a conscious effort required to retrieve episodic memories?

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

what is semantic memory?

Answer 7

an explicit memory which include memory about facts,concepts and menaing about the world around us, for examples knowing that London is the capital of Engaland

Question 8

are semantic mempries time stamped or linked to an event?

Answer 8

no

Question 9

what is procedural memory?

Answer 9

a type of implicit memory, which included memory of how to perform certain tasks, actions or skills such as swimming, reading and writing, which become ‘automatic’. they are implicit and therfore difficult to explain in words to someone else.

Question 10

how is procedural memory aqquired ?

Answer 10

through repition and practice

Question 11

when do most procedural memories form?

Answer 11

early in life

Question 12

what type of scans provide support for LTM?

Answer 12

brain scans

Question 13

how do brain scans provide support for LTM?

Answer 13

reearch suggest diffrent parts of the brain are active when accsessn semantic,episodic and procedural memories

Question 14

what part of the brain have epissodic memories been asosiated with?

Answer 14

hippocampu sand temporal lobe

Question 15

what part of th ebrain ahve semantic memories been asssosiated with?

Answer 15

temporal lobe

Question 16

what part of the brain have procedural memories been assosiated wiht?

Answer 16

cerrebellum and motor cortext

Question 17

which case study provided support for implicit and explicit memories?

Answer 17

HM(Milner,1962)

Question 18

outline what happened to HM?

Answer 18

had severe epilepsy and underwent surgery which involved the removal of his hippocampus, to aleviate his symptoms

Question 19

what was intact and what was not which HM?

Answer 19

STM remained intact
he was unable to transfer certain types of information into his LTM

Question 20

what types of tasks could HM learn?

Answer 20

procedural(implicit) but not semantic or episodic(explicit

Question 21

could HM complete a mirror tracing task?

Answer 21

yes

Question 22

what HM do after completing a mirror tracing task?
what conclusion can we draw from this/

Answer 22

retain the skill but no knowledge of ever completig the mirror tracing task
HM could demostrate his procedural memory through implicit behaviour, despite being unable to recall his experience explicity

Question 23

who compared the performance of olde rpeople suffering with a mild cognitive impairment who recieved ememory training to a control group who did not and when?

Answer 23

Belleville et al(2006)

Question 24

what were the results of Belleville et al(2006)?

Answer 24

experiment group performed better on atest of episodic memory

Question 25

what did the findings of Belleville et al(2006) ssuggests

Answer 25

being able to identify diffrent types of LTM can provide psychologists with the oppurtunity to improve peoples lives throygh devising age appropriate treatmens to help alleviate problems assosiated with age-related memory impairment