long term AO3 Flashcards
1
Q
one strength is that understanding types of LTM allows psychologists to help people with memory problems
A
- e.g as people age they experience memory loss
- becomes harder for people to recall memories of personal events that occurred recently though parts of the episodic memories remain intact
- Sylvie Belleville et al 2006 devised an intervention to improve episodic memory in older people
- trained ppts performed better on a test of episodic memory after training than a control group
- shows that distinguishing between types of LTM enables specific treatments to be involved
2
Q
one limitation is that there are conflicting research findings linking types
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3
Q
studying people with brain injuries helps researchers to understand how memory is normally meant to work
what are the limitations?
A
- major limitation is they lack control of variables
- brain injuries experienced by ppts were usually unexpected
- cant control what happens before during or after injury
- no knowledge of the memory before damage
- difficult to judge how worse it is
4
Q
strength
clive wearing
A
- episodic memory was severly impaired due to brain image
- semantic memories unaffected
- still understood the meaning of words
- ## procedural memories were intact
