Episodic And Semantic Memory

Question 1

Who proposed the idea of episodic and semantic memory.

Answer 1

Tulving, 1972

Question 2

What is meant by ‘episodic memory’?

Answer 2

A mental diary of remembered experiences

Question 3

Example of episodic memory

Answer 3

First day of school
Any big birthday
Visiting different country

Question 4

What is meant by semantic memory

Answer 4

Mental encyclopaedia of remembered facts

Question 5

Example of semantic memory

Answer 5

Russia is a cold country
London is the capital of England
The alphabet

Question 6

What is meant by time referencing

Answer 6

Episodic memory’s being linked to the time and date that they happened

Question 7

An example of episodic being reliant of semantic

Answer 7

Episodic memory is reliant on semantic memory as you can’t remember events without knowing the facts

Question 8

What is an example of semantic not being reliant on episodic

Answer 8

You can remember the capital of England is London without remembering where you learnt it

Question 9

Use of Time referencing in episodic memory

Answer 9

Time and context referenced, input is continuous.

Question 10

Use of time referencing in semantic memory

Answer 10

Independent of time referencing, input can be fragmentary