types of long term memory

Question 1

what are the three types of ltm?

Answer 1

• episodic memory
• semantic memory
• procedural memory

Question 2

what is episodic memory?

Answer 2

• personal events of our lives
• more vulnerbale to distortion
• quick and conscious recall
• time stamped (when? and what?)

Question 3

what does episodic memory include?

Answer 3

• people
• places
• behaviours

Question 4

example of episodic memory?

Answer 4

a lesson you went to yesterdsay

Question 5

what is semantic memory?

Answer 5

• shared knowledge (facts)
• not time stamped
• less vulnerbale to distortion

Question 6

example of semantic memory?

Answer 6

the meaning of words

Question 7

what is procedural memory?

Answer 7

• memroy for action how we do something
• unconscious recall

Question 8

examples of procedural memory?

Answer 8

driving a car

Question 9

tulving

Answer 9

• the multi store memory model was too simplistic and inflexible
• suggested there are three types of LTM stores

Question 10

strengths of types of LTM

Answer 10

herny molaison and clive wearing
- brain damage impaired episodic memory
- semantic and procedural memory unaffected
- suggests one store can be damaged and other unaffected

Question 11

strength: Neuroimaging evidence

Answer 11

• brain scan studies show different types of memory are stored in different parts of the brain
• Tulving got their participants to complete memory tasks as their brains were being scanned using a PET scanner

Question 12

strength: belleville
real life application

Answer 12

• studied how episodic memories could be improved in older people who had a mild cognitive impairment
• Trained participants performed better in a test of EP compared to a control group

Question 13

limitations

Answer 13

• the researchers had no knowledge of henry molaison and clive wearings memory before the damage
• there is poor agreement on where each type might be located