Tulving's Episodic And Semantic Memory Flashcards
which memory did Tulving focus on?
long term
what were the 2 long term memory stores according to Tulving?
Semantic and Episodic
What does episodic memory do?
remembering experiences
What does semantic memory do?
remembering facts
How does episodic memory encode?
encodes in all senses- strong links to semantic memory because encoding might use meanings
What are the 2 cues called?
context cues and state cues
What does context cues do?
memory triggered by the context when we were in when we laid down the memory
What does state cues do?
memory triggered by the emotional state we were in at the time of the event
what is the duration of the semantic memory?
Balirick
- 50 years of second language loss
- noticeable decrease in the first 3 years levelling off
- decrease begins again after about 15 years
EVALUATION-Supporting
+K.C motorcycle accident-.couldn’t recall episodic memories but could recall semantic
+Ostregaard- boy had oxygen deprivation, damaged bith types of memory, semantic recovered episodicdid not
EVALUATION-Conflicting
- Squire and Zola conducted brain scans- found episodic and semantic bith located in medical temporal lobe meaning may not be seperate
- large amounts of overlap between 2 memory systems- may not be seperate- too simplistic
EVALUATION-Other theories
-develops MSM and explains different types of LTM
EVALUATION-Usefulness
+helps understanding of dementia- coping and maintain memory for as long as they can
-Doesn’t explain how STM works which means it’s less useful than MSM which deals with full memory system
EVALUATION-Testability
-difficult to test LTM when measuring retrospectively- difficult to test empirically-events happened in the past
