Memory- Types Of Long Term Memory

Question 1

What is episodic memory and some characteristics of it?

Answer 1

Ability to recall complex personal events.
Time stamped
Includes several elements- people, places, behaviour, objects
Conscious effort needed to recall the memory.

Question 2

What is semantic memory?

Answer 2

Ability to recall knowledge of facts/ the world

Question 3

What is procedural memory?

Answer 3

Memory for actions, skills, how we do things.
Can be recalled without conscious awareness/ effort

Question 4

What are two strengths of types of long term memory?

Answer 4

Clive Wearing case study.
Episodic impaired
Semantic fine
Procedural fine
Against MSM- LTM isn’t one big thing.
High internal validity.

Neuroimaging evidence.
Tulving- scanned ptpts brains while doing different memory tasks. Right cortex- episodic, left cortex- semantic. Repeated many times with same results.
High internal validity.

Question 5

What is a weakness of types of long term memory?

Answer 5

Ideographic vs. Nomothetic.
Research conducted on specific individuals, isolated cases.
Nomothetic approach more effective/beneficial?