Types Of Long-Term Memory

Question 1

What are the three types of long-term memory?

Answer 1

Episodic memory
Semantic memory
Procedural memory

Question 2

What is episodic memory?

Answer 2

This is memory of events, they are very complex memories and are time stamped they contain many different elements and require a conscious effort to be recalled.

Question 3

What is semantic memory?

Answer 3

This is the memory that stores our knowledge of the world, these are less personal than episodic memory and are not time stamped.

Question 4

What is procedural memory?

Answer 4

This is memory that allows us to remember how to perform certain actions or skills this memory does not require conscious recall.

Question 5

What are the evaluation points for the different types of long-term memory?

Answer 5

+ HM&CW - suffered damage to certain parts of the long-term memory not all of it affected.
+ Brain scans show different parts of the brain light up when using different types of long-term memory.
- HM&CW these case studies are atypical so may have questionable generalisability.