types of long term memory

Question 1

what is episodic memory

Answer 1

ability to recall life events
- specific details
- context
- emotions
e.g bad trip to dentist

Question 2

what are the features of episodic memory

Answer 2

• time and location stamped
• has to be consciously recalled
• declarative
• located in hippocampus

Question 3

what is semantic memory

Answer 3

our knowledge of the world which is a combination of dictionary and encyclopedia
- not personal (facts we all share)
e.g. capital of brazil

Question 4

features of semantic memory

Answer 4

• not time and location stamped
• has to be conciousally recalled
• declarative
• located in temporal lobe

Question 5

what is procedural memory

Answer 5

memory for actions and skills - how we do things
- acquired through practise
- automatic/ implicit
e.g. driving a car

Question 6

features of procedural memory

Answer 6

• not time and location stamped
• not consciously recalled
• not declarative
• located in cerebellum

Question 7

strengths

Answer 7

1) CW adds support for separate memory stores - could play piano but couldn’t remember wife leaving or taste of food. episodic and semantic damages but procedural not. added validity
2) support from brain scan studies. tulving used PET scans and got pps to carry out tasks. Semantic and procedural recalled from prefrontal cortex whereas procedural was from cerebellum. conscious v unconscious recall

Question 8

weaknesses

Answer 8

1) cohen and squire proposed there were only 2 stores. non declarative and declarative. Evidence = CW + brain scans. more research
2) maybe a fourth type. responsible for priming (exposure to one stimulus influences the response to another) more research needs to be conducted.