memory - types of long term memory

Question 1

procedural memory - AO1

Answer 1

• knowing ‘how’ to do things
• e.g. motor skills (bike riding)/muscle memory
• non-declarative
• does not involve conscious recall
• not time stamped
• area of brain responsible = cerebellum and motor cortex

Question 2

semantic memory - AO1

Answer 2

• responsible for storing knowledge about the world
• such as meaning of words e.g. love
• general knowledge e.g. London is capital of england
• declarative
• involve conscious recall
• not time stamped
• area responsible = temporal lobe

Question 3

episodic memory - AO1

Answer 3

• responsible for storing information about events experienced at a specific time
• e.g. first day of school
• declarative
• involve conscious recall
• time stamped
• area responsible = hippocampus

Question 4

episodic memory
declarative/non-declarative?

Answer 4

declarative

Question 5

semantic memory
declarative/non-declarative?

Answer 5

declarative

Question 6

procedural memory
declarative/non-declarative?

Answer 6

non-declarative

Question 7

episodic memory
brain region

Answer 7

hippocampus

Question 8

semantic memory
brain region

Answer 8

temporal lobe

Question 9

procedural memory
brain region

Answer 9

cerebellum/motor cortex

Question 10

strength - AO3
neuroimaging evidence to support

Answer 10

P - neuroimaging evidence to support
- types of LTM

E - various memory tasks
- scanned using PET scanner

E - found that episodic memory = associated with hippocampus
- procedural memory = cerebellum and motor cortex

L - supports types of LTM
- 3 different types of LTM
- different stores
- indicating they are separate

Question 11

strength - AO3
scientific methods

Answer 11

P - strength
- uses scientific methods

E - objective and empirical techniques e.g. brain scans

E - identifies which brain area active
- e.g. procedural task
- cerebellum and motor cortex active

L - increases overall internal validity
- raising scientific status of psychology

Question 12

real life evidence to support - AO3
Clive wearing

THINK FURTHER

Answer 12

P - real life evidence to support
- Clive wearing

E - episodic memory was damaged
- could not remember some past life events e.g. musical education

E - procedural memory was still working
- could still play piano

L - supports types of LTM
- different types of LTM damaged
- supports they are separate

THINK FURTHER
- Clive wearing had amnesia
- caused by virus which affected hippocampus
- supports episodic memory in hippocampus

Question 13

real life evidence to support - AO3
Clive wearing

DICSUSSION

Answer 13

P - low population validity
E - Clive wearing = one case study
E - difficult to generalise to wider population
- memories may operate differently
L - limits clive as RTS