Types of Long Term Memory

Question 1

What did Tulving believe ?

Answer 1

MSM was too simplistic, believed there were different types of LTM.
Identified 3 types

Question 2

What is procedural memory ?

Answer 2

Responsible for knowing how to do things
Doesn’t involve conscious and is non declarative

Question 3

What is semantic memory ?

Answer 3

Responsible for sorting info and facts about the world
Knowledge about meanings of words and general knowledge
. Involves conscious thought

Question 4

What is episodic memory ?

Answer 4

Storing info about events that we have experienced in our lives

Question 5

How does the HM case support types of LTM ?

Answer 5

. Had to use a pencil to follow a wavering line on a rotating disk
^ procedural memory intact

. Unable to remember seeing the disc before, more accurate each time
^ episodic memory damaged

Question 6

How does Clive Wearing support types of LTM ?

Answer 6

. Able to dress himself and play piano
^ Procedural memory seems to be intact

. When his wife left and re-entered the room he greeted her as though he had not seen her in years
^ Episodic memory damaged

. Would keep a diary where he constantly wrote that he was just regaining consciousness every few mins

Question 7

How does neuroimaging evidence support LTM ?

Answer 7

. Participants preformed memory tasks whilst their brains were scanned using PET scans

. Episoidic and semantic memory both found in ‘prefrontal cortex’ but on different sides

S: empirical evidence
W: didn’t do procedural memory