Types of LTM

Question 1

Define episodic memory

Answer 1

Personal events in our lives
Includes elements like place, object, behaviour
Time- stamped, have to be consciously recalled

Question 2

Define semantic memory

Answer 2

Knowledge of the world (combo of dictionary/encyclopaedia
Not time-stamped, less personal

Question 3

Define procedural memory

Answer 3

Skilled behaviours such as driving car
Doesn’t require conscious effort to perform the task
Resistant to forgetting

Question 4

Clive case study

Answer 4

Clive’s episodic memory was impaired but his procedural and semantic were relatively unaffected. Able to play piano. But forget seeing his wife after a few minutes

Question 5

HM

Answer 5

Hippocampus removal meant he could not form new episodic memories. He could still improve his procedural.