Types of LTM

Question 1

Who proposed that there are three different LTM stores and what are they?

Answer 1

Tulving proposed that there’s procedural, semantic and episodic memory

Question 2

Outline procedural memory

Answer 2

• responsible for knowing how to do things
• e.g. motor skills such as riding a bike
• memories are non - declarative as they dont involve conscious recall
• area of brain responsible is cerebellum and motor cortex

Question 3

Outline semantic memory

Answer 3

• responsible for storing knowledge about world
• e.g. meaning of words and general knowledge facts
• memories are non - declarative as they do involve conscious recall
• not time stamped as we dont remember when we learnt/coded info
• area of brain responsible is temporal lobe

Question 4

Outline episodic memory

Answer 4

• responsible for storing info about events experienced in life at a specific time
• e.g. first day of school
• memories are declarative as they involve conscious recall
• time stamped as we remember when we learnt/coded info
• area of brain responsible is hippocampus

Question 5

What are the three AO3 points to evaluate types of LTM by Tulving?

Answer 5

strength - scientific methods
strength - RTS by clive wearing
Discussion - low pop val