LTM types

Question 1

What is episodic memory?

Answer 1

Ability to recall events - memories are time stamped and complex, including different places and people
RECALLED WITH CONSCIOUS EFFORT

Question 2

What is semantic memory?

Answer 2

Knowledge of the world - facts

RECALLED WITH CONSCIOUS EFFECT

Question 3

What is procedural memory?

Answer 3

How to do certain actions or skills

RECALLED UNCONSCIOUSLY

Question 4

Who proposed the idea of multiple LTM stores?

Answer 4

Tulving

Question 5

What model does the idea of multiple memory stores challenge?

Answer 5

Multi-store memory model

Question 6

What clinical evidence is there to support the idea of multiple LTM stores?

Answer 6

HM - suffered from anterograde amnesia, retained semantic but not episodic memory
CLIVE WEARING - brain infection = retained procedural but not episodic memory

Question 7

What is a limitation of using case studies for support?

Answer 7

They are unique, therefore results are hard to generalise

Question 8

What did Tulving find through neuroimaging?

Answer 8

Different parts of the brain light up when different memory tasks are performed
= physical reality

Question 9

How can this research be used in real life? LTM TYPES

Answer 9

Specific parts of LTM can be targeted in treatments, it was found that episodic memories can be improved for old people with mild cognitive impairments