Types Of Long Term Memories: Eval Flashcards
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What is a strength of identifying different types of LTM?
Identifying different LTM stores has real-life applications, as it allows psychologists to target specific kinds of memory to improve people’s lives.
How can identifying different aspects of LTM benefit individuals?
It enables psychologists to develop strategies to improve certain types of memory, such as helping older people with mild cognitive impairment through memory exercises.
What research supports the practical application of LTM types?
Research has found that episodic memories can be improved in older people with mild cognitive impairment by using memory strategies.
What is a limitation of Tulving’s approach to types of LTM?
A limitation is that some researchers argue there may be only two types of LTM, not three as Tulving suggested.
What is the alternative view to Tulving’s division of LTM?
Some argue that episodic and semantic memories are stored together as one type, called declarative memory (memories that can be consciously recalled), while procedural memory is a separate type.
To simplify, some researchers argue that there should be 2 types not 3.
What is a further limitation regarding clinical evidence for LTM?
There are problems with clinical evidence because case studies like HM and Clive Wearing lack control over variables, making it hard to generalise findings
Why is it difficult to generalise from clinical case studies of LTM?
Because we can’t control the precise location of brain damage or personality variables in these cases, so it’s difficult to determine the exact nature of LTM.
