Types of long-term memory Flashcards
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Semantic memory
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Long-term memory store for knowledge of the world. Facts and our knowledge of what words and concepts mean. These memories usually need to be recalled deliberately.
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Procedural memory
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Long-term memory store for knowledge on how to do things. Includes memories of learnt skills. Usually recall without deliberate or conscious effort.
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Which cognitive psychologist realised MSM was too simplistic for LTM?
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Endel Tulving (1985)
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Evaluation
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Clinical evidence Neuroimaging evidence Real-life application Problems with clinical evidence Three types of LTM or two?
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Episodic memory
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Long-term memory store for personal events, includes memories for when occurred and people, objects, places, behaviours involved. Conjured consciously and with effort.
