Types of Long Term Memory

Question 1

What did Tulving suggest?

Answer 1

LTM is a multi-part system.

Question 2

What is episodic memory?

Answer 2

The ability to recall personal experiences e.g. birthdays.

Question 3

What are the features of episodic memory?

Answer 3

-Have to make conscious effort to recall them.
-Declarative
-Time-stamped

Question 4

What is semantic memory?

Answer 4

Contains facts about the world e.g. capital of France.

Question 5

What are the features of semantic memory?

Answer 5

-Have to make conscious effort to recall them.
-Less personal and not time-stamped.

Question 6

What is procedural memory?

Answer 6

This memory is for actions and skills.

Question 7

What are the features of procedural memory?

Answer 7

-Can recall without conscious awareness
-Non-declarative

Question 8

Evaluate types of LTM.

Answer 8

+Research support from Tulving et al.
He found that episodic memories were recalled from the prefrontal cortex and semantic memories in the posterior region of the cortex. This increases the validity of the findings.

+Research support has real life applications.
If psychologists know about the separate stores of LTM then treatments can be developed to help people e.g. old people with mild cognitive impairment. Contribution to clinical world is highly valuable.

-It uses case studies to support the studies.
It therefore has low population validity because the situation is unique to the individual and can’t be generalised to the rest of the population.