Long Term Memory

Question 1

Three types of LTM;

Answer 1

• episodic (declarative)
  -semantic (declarative)
  -procedural (non-declarative)

Question 2

Episodic memory

Answer 2

Knowledge of personal events

Question 3

Semantic memory

Answer 3

Knowledge of the world

Question 4

Procedural memory

Answer 4

The knowledge of how to do things

Question 5

The strange case of Dr S.

Answer 5

• after a fall he lost his episodic memory, the last 25 years
• when he was taken to the hospital and asked for a brain scan he could identify his diagnosis
• his semantic memory seemed to be intact
• he could also ski after his incident, his procedural memory was intact

Question 6

Ewart et al

Answer 6

• studied 16 patients with post traumatic amnesia
• their episodic memory was poor but their procedural memory was good
• shows that the two memory stores are seperate

Question 7

Kawai et al

Answer 7

• fund that patients with Alzheimer’s had poor episodic memory
• but were able to learn new skills
• supports distinction between LTM stores as the key system of ATD is loss of episodic memory

Question 8

Klimesch

Answer 8

• had patients perform semantic or episodic memory tasks while having EEG scans
• it found that different parts of the brain were active for each task
• suggests semantic and episodic are two distinct stores within LTM

Question 9

Weaknesses of LTM

Answer 9

• tend to use case studies with limited participants e.g. Clive Wearing

Question 10

Strength of LTM

Answer 10

• Clive wearing
• brain imaging techniques can support it
• useful application in the real world