types of long term memory

Question 1

episodic memory

Answer 1

stores events (episodes) from our lives

Question 2

semantic memory

Answer 2

stores our knowledge of the world like a dictionary
semantic memories are not time-stamped

Question 3

procedural memory

Answer 3

stores memories for actions and skills
recall occurs without awareness or effort

Question 4

one strength of LTM

Answer 4

• case study evidence of different types of LTM
• clinical studies of amnesia showed difficulty recalling event in their past (episodic) but semantic memories were unaffected (eg. the concept of a dog)

Question 5

limitation of LTM

Answer 5

• conflicting findings about types of LTM
• Buckner and Petersen (1996) found semantic memory is located in the left prefrontal cortex and episodic with the right
• other studies found the reverse