long term memory AO1 Flashcards
1
Q
who proposed the 3 stores of long term memory?
A
Endel Tulving (1972)
2
Q
what is episodic memory?
A
- LTM for personal events and how they occurred
- includes; people, objects, places and behaviours
- have to be retrieved consciously and with effort
- time-stamped memories
- 1st day at school
3
Q
what is semantic memory?
A
- knowledge of the world
- facts and our knowledge about the meanings of words as well as general knowledge
- recalled deliberately
- less personal and more about facts we all share
- Tulving = is less vulnerable to distortion and forgetting than episodic
4
Q
what is procedural memory?
A
- how to do things (actions/skills)
- includes our memories of learned skills (swimming, driving)
- recall without conscious awareness or much effort
- automatic
