LONG TERM STORE (LONG TERM MEMORY) / IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT

Question 1

DEFINITION: LTM

Answer 1

• When information is transferred from our short- term memory to our Long-term memory
• Information is best encoded by its meaning
• DURATION: Unlimited (infinite)
• CAPACITY: Unlimited (infinite)

Question 2

DEFINITION: IMPLICIT MEMORY

Answer 2

• A type of LTM
• Also known as implicit PROCEDURAL AND EMOTIONAL memory
• Learnt actions and skills
• Stored in LTM
• Retrieved unconsciously or unintentionally (happen automatically)
• Not consciously ENCODED or RETRIEVED
• ‘Knowing how-to’ memory: carrying out learnt tasks automatically

Question 3

DEFINITION: EXPLICIT MEMORY

Answer 3

• A type of LTM
• Also known as explicit (Declarative) memory
• LTM store for SPECIFIC FACTUAL information and events with personal significance (Names, dates, words)
• Information is consciously recalled and expressed (DECLARED) Often recall holistically
• More complex than implicit memories

Question 4

EPISODIC (EXPLICIT)

Answer 4

• An Explicit (Declarative) Memory
• Memories for personally significant events
• Associated with specific times and places
• EXAMPLE: First day at school

Question 5

SEMANTIC (EXPLICIT)

Answer 5

• An Explicit (Declarative) Memory
• Impersonal, factual knowledge about the world
• The rule for Pythagoras Theorem (a2 +b2 = c2)