LTM

Question 1

What are the 3 types of LTM called?

Answer 1

Episodic memory, Semantic memory, Procedural memory

Question 2

Who proposed that there are 3 different types of LTM?

Answer 2

endel Tulving(1967)

Question 3

Procedural memory

Answer 3

knowledge of how to do things

Question 4

Semantic memory

Answer 4

general knowledge eg. Facts, dates

Question 5

Episodic memory

Answer 5

knowledge of personal events

Question 6

is episodic memory declarative (consciously recalled)?

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

is episodic memory time stamped?

Answer 7

yes

Question 8

example of episodic memory

Answer 8

first day of school

Question 9

What region of the brain are episodic memory associated with?

Answer 9

hippocampus and right prefrontal cortex (Tulving 1994)

Question 10

is semantic memory declarative (consciously recalled)?

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

Give an example of semantic memory.

Answer 11

London is capital of england

Question 12

is semantic memory time stamped?

Answer 12

no

Question 13

What region are the brain are semantic memory associated with?

Answer 13

Cerebellum and motor cortex

Question 14

What was the procedure of tulving et al’s (1994) test?

Answer 14

ppts complete memory tasks whilst in a PET scanner

Question 15

A strength of the theory of three distinct LTM stores is that there is evidence from brain scans.

Answer 15

Research shows that different areas of the brain are active when different types of ltm are active.

Question 16

bucker and Petersen (1996)

Answer 16

found semantic residing in the right and episodic in the left pre frontal cortex.

little agreement on the specific locations of the memories

Question 17

A strength of the theory of different LTM stores can be seen by case studies of patients with brain damage. - HM

Answer 17

mirror drawing task uses procedural memory but he had none

Removed his hippocampus, hm could still form new procedural memories but not episodic or semantic memories

Question 18

A limitation of the theory is that some researchers believe there are only two stores of LTM
Cohen and squire (1980):

Answer 18

Agree that procedural memories represent one type of ltm

Argue that semantic and episodic are stored together
They referred these as declarative memory (needs to be constantly rehearsed) and procedural = non declarative

Question 19

A strength of the theory is that it has good real world application as it allows psychologists to target specific memories to improve people’s lives.

Answer 19

Belleville et al (2006) demonstrated that episodic could be improved in older ppl who had a mild cognitive

The group who received episodic memory strategies performed better than the controlled group