Memory: topic 4 ‘types of long term memory’

Question 1

What did Tulving say about to types of long term memory?

Answer 1

• Tulving was one of the first to realise that the MSM was too simplistic that the WMM did not address LTM
• therefore he proposed that there are three types of LTM stores

Question 2

What is episodic memory?

Answer 2

• personal experiences from a specific point in time
• ‘mental diary’
• requires cues, context dependant
• memory of events
• time referenced
• requires conscious effort to recall
• explicit memory
• examples: first day of school, birthdays or first crush

Question 3

What is semantic memory?

Answer 3

• memory of factual knowledge
• ‘mental encyclopaedia’
• not cue dependant
• not time referenced
• requires conscious effort to recall
• explicit memories
• examples: times tables, the capital of england, battle of hastings

Question 4

What is procedural memory?

Answer 4

• knowing a skill or action / knowing how to do something
• not cue dependant
• not time referenced
• implicit memory ‘knowing how’
• muscle memory
• no conscious effort to recall
• examples: riding a bike, playing piano, how to write