Types of Long Term Memory

Question 1

What is the episodic memory

Answer 1

• Explicit
• Autobiographical record
• Influenced by emotions and processing

Question 2

What is the semantic memory

Answer 2

• Explicit
• Knowledge
• Knowledge becomes divorced from the episodic memory

Question 3

What is the procedural memory

Answer 3

• Implicit

- Perform tasks with little conscious thought

Question 4

Explain the HM case study

Answer 4

• Could only gain new procedural memories
• Mirrored drawing task was the procedure
• Ability to do so improves
• Evidence for separate explicit and implicit

Question 5

Explain Tulving case study

Answer 5

• Participants recalled either and episodic memory or a semantic memory.
• Gold used to detect gamma rays and brain part which was most active
• Different regions in brain which provides biological evidence for separate semantic and episodic ltm

Question 6

Explain the Vicari et al case study

Answer 6

Studied an 8 year old girl who suffered brain damage. Couldn’t create episodic memories but could semantic memories

Question 7

Evaluate types of LTM case studies

Answer 7

• Lack population validity but have ecological validity
• Semantic memories formed in more of a network may not be a single type
• Episodic and semantic - different types of thinking. Feelings vs objective analysis