types of long term memory

Question 1

episodic memory

Answer 1

• personal memories of events
• Specific details of the event, the context and the emotion
• e.g. first day of school

Question 2

semantic memory

Answer 2

• knowledge about the world that is shared wth everyone

- e.g. London is the capital of England

Question 3

procedural memory

Answer 3

• memory of how to do things and skills
• implicit
• e.g. learning how to ride a bike
• requires repetition and practice

Question 4

explain the supporting evidence from brain scans

Answer 4

• the distinction of the three types of LTM are supported by brain scans.
• episodic memory is associated with the hippocampus
• semantic memory relies on the temporal lobe
• procedural memory and the cerebellum

Question 5

explain the weakness that there is difficulty in studies of amnesiacs

Answer 5

-difficult to be certain of the exact parts of the brain that have been affected until a patient has died

Question 6

explain the strength of distinguishing procedural and declarative memories

Answer 6

• case study of HM

- HM could still form new procedural memories but not episodic or semantic memories