Type of Long Term Memory

Question 1

Procedural Memory

Answer 1

is responsible for knowing how to do things ie motor skills.
Non declarative and do not involve conscious recall
Cerebellum and Motor Cortex

Question 2

Semantic Memory

Answer 2

Responsible for storing knowledge about the world ie general knowledge
Declarative and they do involve conscious recall
Not time stamped
Temporal Lobe

Question 3

Episodic Memory

Answer 3

Responsible for storing information about events
Declarative and involve conscious recall
time stamped
Hippocampus

Question 4

A strength is that there is neuroimaging evidence to support that there are different types of LTM

Answer 4

PPTS were asked to perform various memory task whilst their brain were being scanned using a PET scan. Found episodic memory were associated with hippocampus whereas procedural was associated with cerebellum and motor cortex.

Question 5

Can be praised for scientific methods

Answer 5

Objective and empirical methods such as brain scans can be used to identify different parts of the brain when completing different types of LTM tasks. Cerebellum and motor cortex being active when doing a procedural task. Increasing internal validity and scientific status.