Types Of Long Term Memory

Question 1

GIVE A STRENGTH OF THE TYPES OF LTM. (Case study).
Supporting evidence - H
4 points

Answer 1

1- HM had hippocampus removed to treat epilepsy
2- findings show that episodic memory was affected
3- however, semantic and procedural memory was not
4- therefore, there are different stores

Question 2

GIVE A STRENGHT OF TYPES OF LTM. (Case study)
Supporting studies - C
4 points

Answer 2

1. Clive wearing contracted a virus of the brain
   2- he retained procedural memory but didn’t retain episodic memory
   3- this was seen by remembering how to play the piano, but didn’t remember learning the piano
   4- affected parts of the brain were to do with different stores of the LTM

Question 3

GIVE A STRENGTH OF TYPES OF LTM. (brain scans)
4 points

Answer 3

1- brain scans indicate that each type of LTM may be stored in different areas of the brain
2- episodic (hippocampus), semantic (temporal lobe), procedural (cerebellum)
3- this clinical evidence is high in reliability as it is objective (scientific)

Question 4

GIVE A LIMITATION OF TYPES OF LTM. (Case studies)
2 points

Answer 4

1- case studies cannot be generalised beyond their immediate subject
2- this weakens their use as supporting evidence for separate LTM stores

Question 5

GIVE A LIMITATION OF TYPES OF LTM.
(LTM more complex)

Answer 5

1- there are cross overs between episodic and semantic memories
2- for example learning french at school -> semantic because understanding language, episodic because time stamped to school
3- this suggests that the 3 stores of LTM are more complex