types of LTM

Question 1

what are the 3 types of LTM

Answer 1

Procedural
Semantic
Episodic

Question 2

procedural LTM

Answer 2

knowledge of skills and simply how to do things
e.g riding bike
requires no concious effect to recall e.g chnaging gear without thinking
it is not declarative and utlised in motor cortex and cellebrum

Question 3

semantic LTM

Answer 3

knowledge of the world e.g facts
e.g the queen
require concious effect to recall
declarative and located in left prefrontal cortex

Question 4

epsodic

Answer 4

abilityt o recall partciaulr events (epidoes)
requires concisous effect to recall
involves 3 elements
1. where ti happened
2.who was there e.g people
3.have to actailly think about what happened so does require concious effect to recall

Question 5

strength of types of memory

Answer 5

practical applications
understaning LTM helps people with memory probelms e.g as people age, gain memory loss
relates to episodic memory
harder to remeber personal experiences