Memory -> Types Of Long Term Memory

Question 1

Episodic memory:

Answer 1

memory for autobiographical events in your life. Episodic memories involve contextual knowledge of when and where information was learnt and are likely to involve the storage of emotional content in memory, they are generally based on subjective experience rather than objective facts about the world

Question 2

Semantic memory:

Answer 2

memory for facts, general knowledge and language. Semantic memories may also relate to things such as the functions of an object, or what behaviour is appropriate in a certain situation (e.g. social norms). There is a gradual transition from episodic memory to semantic memory when memory is generalised.

Question 3

Procedural memory:

Answer 3

concerned with motor skills and actions, such as knowing how to tie your shoelaces or knowing how to read. Procedural memories are typically acquired through practise and repetition and seem to be more resistant to forgetting or than other types of LTM. We are less aware of procedural memories

Question 4

Strengths of LTM

Answer 4

Amnesia patients
One type of memory might be affected while the others aren’t
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Clive Wearing
Case study

Question 5

Weakness of LTM

Answer 5

Case studies cannot be generalised to the wider population