Types of LTM

Question 1

What are the 3 types of LTM and their definitions

Answer 1

Episodic: Events that happened to us
Semantic: Knowledge of the world
Procedural: Learned skills

Question 2

Evaluate the 3 types theory

Answer 2

+ Peterson and Peterson demonstrated that semantic memories were recalled from the left prefrontal cortext while episodic was from the right prefrontal cortext
T: Credible conclusion

+ Cohen and Squire drew a distinction between declaritive and non-declaritive: Declaritive must be recalled conciously, while non-declartive may not, this is a different classification so Tulving may not be accuate
T: Unreliable conclusion

+ Clive Wearing shows that one type of LTM can be impaired: He could skillfully play the piano but could not remember his wife visiting him
T: Credible conclusion