Types of LTM

Question 1

Who proposed the 3 types of LTM?

Answer 1

Tulving (1985)

Question 2

What is episodic memory?

Answer 2

Our ability to recall events from our lives

Question 3

What is semantic memory?

Answer 3

Our knowledge of the world (facts)

Question 4

What is procedural memory?

Answer 4

Our memory for actions, or skills, or how we do things

Question 5

Evaluation?

Answer 5

Clinical evidence - HM and Clive Wearing - episodic memory was affected but not semantic and procedural
Neuroimaging evidence - Tulving (1994) scanned ppts brains with a PET scanner- episodic and semantic stored in the prefrontal cortex
Real life applications - Belleville (2006) - episodic memory could be improved in older people who have a mild cognitive impairment
Clinical trials are hard to control
Cohen and Squire (1980) argued that episodic and semantic memory are stored in the declarative memory store