Memory - LTM

Question 1

Semantic (LTM)

Answer 1

A long term store for our knowledge of the world
Includes facts and knowledge of what things mean
Need to be recalled consciously

Question 2

Procedural (LTM)

Answer 2

A long term store for our knowledge of how to do things
Includes memores of learned skills (eg: how to walk)
Usually recalled unconsciously

Question 3

Episodic (LTM)

Answer 3

A long term store for personal events
Includes memories of when events occurred and everything involved (people/places…)
Need to be retrieved consciously

Question 4

Strength of the theory of LTM

Answer 4

It is supported by studies of amnesiac patients
Clive Wearing had an infection in his brain and lost all memory of his past but not how to play the piano (procedural)
Supports idea that there are different types of LTM stored in different parts of the brain

Question 5

Weakness of the theory of LTM

Answer 5

Using amnesiac patients means you are using case studies
Case studies are only 1 person/small group & the findings cant be generalised to the wider population
Using case studies doesn’t scientifically prove that everyone has 3 types of LTM

Question 6

Encoding - types of memory codes

Answer 6

Acoustic, semantic & visual

Question 7

Storage - types of LTM

Answer 7

Spermatic, procedural & episodic

Question 8

Retrieval - types of retrieval

Answer 8

Cued, recognition & cree recall