Tulvings Flashcards
1
Q
What is Tulving’s explanation for?
A
- Long Term Memory
2
Q
What did Tulving’s propose LTM can be divided into?
A
- Episodic Mmeory
- Semantic Memory
3
Q
What are semantic memories?
A
- Memories for meaning
- Semantic Memories are associated with other factors that link concepts together
- Semantic memories come from episodic memories as we learn new factors or concepts from our experiences
- Semantic memories are more located in the frontal and temporal cortex.
4
Q
What are episodic memories?
A
- Autobiographical
- memories that are personal to you
- linked to time and context
- episodic memories are located into the Hippocampus
- Episodic memories must pass via semantic memories to become episodic memories
5
Q
What is Time refrencing?
A
- Tulving believed that episodic memory was dependent on time referencing; memories about events that happen to you are linked to the time in which they occurred.
6
Q
What is spatial referencing?
A
- Input into episodic memory is continuous as we experience a whole episode in some temporal frame of reference such as experiencing a birthday party.
