Topic 3: Types of Long Term Memory

Question 1

who proposed the types of LTM and in what year

Answer 1

Tulving (1972)

Question 2

what are the 3 types of LTM

Answer 2

• Procedural
• Episodic
• Semantic

Question 3

what is procedural memory

Answer 3

Procedural memory includes our memory of performed motor tasks/skills

Question 4

give 3 features of procedural memory

Answer 4

• non declarative (does not involve conscious thought)
• immune to forgetting
• they are stored in the cerebellum

Question 5

what is semantic memory

Answer 5

semantic memories are our store of general knowledge about the world, including the meaning of words, objects, places, and people

Question 6

give 2 features of semantic memory

Answer 6

• declarative (involves conscious thought)
• they are stored in the left prefrontal cortex

Question 7

what is episodic memory

Answer 7

• storing information about time stamped events
• involves conscious thought
• declarative
• Right prefrontal cortex

Question 9

similarities and differences between procedural and semantic

Answer 9

similarities: none
differences:
- procedural is non declarative and unconscious but semantic is declarative and conscious
- procedural memories are stored in cerebellum but semantic memories are stored in left prefrontal cortex

Question 10

similarities and differences between procedural and episodic

Answer 10

similarities:
- unlikely to forget
differences:
- procedural memories stored in cerebellum but episodic memories are stored in right prefrontal cortex

Question 11

similarities and differences between episodic and semantic

Answer 11

similarities:
- both are declarative and conscious
differences:
- episodic memories are stored in right prefrontal cortex but semantic memories are stored in left prefrontal cortex
- episodic memories are timestamped but semantic aren’t