Tulving

Question 1

AO1-

Answer 1

• Tulving proposed that LTM was split into different types of LTM
• Episodic memories- mental diary; long term memories of your life and personal experiences/events - can be retrieved by clues
• context clues- environment
  state clues- state of mind
• Semantic memories- mental encyclopaedia; long term memories about facts, figures and knowledge .
  -Time referencing; are memories linked in chronological order
• Spatial referencing- refers to how we remember information

Question 2

Strengths AO3

Answer 2

S- ostregard; found that boy with oxygen deprivation lost episodic memory only, shows there is 2 separate stores- credible explanation of memory
OTOH- study of a 10yr old boy, case study; findings lack generalisability
U- allows us to understand why those with dementia can use cues to retrieve their semantic memories but explains how they have lost their episodic memories- credible explanation of memories
OTOH- each person with dementia is different

Question 3

Weaknesses AO3

Answer 3

C- Squrie and zola; conducted a brain scan- suggested there is not 2 separate stores- brain scans are objective so supports episodic and semantic are one store
O- msm; includes STM,LTM including the duration, encoding and capacity- more credible explanation of memory
OTOH- robins- msm is to simplistic