Episodic, Procedural And Semantic Memory Flashcards
LTM includes any memories that are held for durations upwards of….?
30 Seconds
What can the LTM be split up into?
Declarative Memories (AKA Episodic Memories):
and Procedural Memories
What can Declarative Memories be further sun categorised into?
Episodic memories and Semantic Memories
The Episodic Memory Refers to?
Any events that can be reported from a persons life
For example:
Time and places involved
The Episodic Memory is a type of Declarative Memory.
What does this mean?
It can be explicitly inspected and recalled consciously
What can Episodic Memories be further split up into?
Autobiographical episodic memory and:
Experimental episodic memory
What is a Autobiographical Episodic Memory?
Memories of Specific episodes of one’s life
What is the Experimental Episodic Memory?
Where learning a fact has been associated with memory of the specific life episode when it was learned
What are Flashbulb Memories?
Detailed autobiographical episodic memories that are stored permanently in the LTM when they are first learned
Detailed autobiographical episodic memories that are stored permanently in the LTM when they are first learned
What are Flashbulb Memories?
“Detailed autobiographical episodic memories that are stored permanently in the LTM when they are first learned”
Why is it implanted automatically my into the LTM?
The memory was a historical or emotional importance in that person life e.g:
A birth or a death
What are Semantic Memories?
A type of Declarative memory
Conscious recall of facts that have meaning
E.g
recalling that you listen to music using your ears does not require knowing when or where you first learned this fact.
What are Procedural Memories?
Describes our implicit knowledge of tasks that usually do not require conscious recall to perform them
E.g
Riding a bike
