Types of LTM - Tulving (1985)

Question 1

what is episodic memory

Answer 1

personal memory of events e.g. birthday party
context and emotions associated with the event may be recalled

Question 2

what is semantic memory

Answer 2

for facts and knowledge e.g. address
usually start as episodic and progressively lose association with events, but knowledge remains

Question 3

what is procedural memory

Answer 3

memory of how to do things e.g. riding a bike
require lots of repetition / practice
difficult to explain although we find it easy to perform
automatic memories

Question 4

supporting evidence

Answer 4

participants had PET scans
episodic memories recalled from right prefrontal cortex
semantic memories recalled from left prefrontal cortex
supports the different types of LTM

Question 5

clinical evidence

Answer 5

clive wearing
episodic memory severely impaired from amnesia
semantic memory still intact
procedural memory still intact
supports that there are different types of LTM

Question 6

weakness of LTM - Cohen and Squire

Answer 6

agree that procedural memory is one type
believe that episodic memory and semantic memories are both in the same store:
declarative and non-declarative