Memory - The Types of LTM Flashcards
Who proposed the idea that there were 3 LTM stores?
Tulving
When were the three types of LTM proposed?
1985
What did Tulving believe about the MSM view of LTM?
Believed it was too simplistic and inflexible
Three types of LTM
Episodic memory
Semantic memory
Procedural memory
What is the episodic memory made up of?
Episodes (events) from our lives
What type of memory is episodic memory?
Explicit memory
How much of each event is remembered within the episodic memory?
Several details of it (E.g. where something took place, who was there etc)
How is information recalled in the episodic memory?
By conscious effort
Examples of episodic memories
Your friend’s wedding
Your first date
Your first day at school
Semantic memory
Knowledge of the world
Why don’t we remember when or how semantic memories were learned?
Because they aren’t time stamped
What type of memory is semantic memory?
Explicit memory
Examples of semantic memories
Where the Eiffel Tower is
The purpose of a piggy bank
The words to a song
Procedural memory
Memory of how we do things (action or skill)
How are procedure memories recalled?
Without conscious awareness - no active thinking needed (automatic)
What type of memory is procedural memory?
Implicit
Examples of procedural memories
How to juggle
How to ride a bike
How to swim
What memories does the frontal lobe store?
Semantic and episodic memories
What memories is the motor cortex involved in storing?
Procedural memories
What memory store is the prefrontal cortex involved in storing?
STMs
What memories is the temporal lobe involved in storing and forming?
LT semantic and episodic memories
What processing does the temporal lobe contribute to?
The proceeding of new material in the STM
What memories is the amygdala vital in forming?
New emotional memories
What memories is the cerebellum responsible for storing?
Procedural memories
What memories is the hippocampus pivotal in forming?
New LT semantic and episodic memories
