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Types of Long term memory

Elise Lambert Psychology AS - Level Englisch 13 Karten

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1Who proposed the idea that there were three types of LTM?Endel Tulving
2What are the three different types of LTM?Episodic, semantic, procedural
3What are the characteristics for the episodic memory?-A store for personal events
-Time stamped
-Retrieved consciously
4What are the characteristics of the semantic memory?-Knowledge of the world (facts and what concepts mean)
-not time stamped
-recalled consciously
5What are the characteristics of the Procedural memory?-Our memory for knowledge of actions and skills
-not time stamped
-recalled unconsciously
6Who provides clinical evidence that supports Tulving's idea?HM and Clive Wearing
7which LTM store was impaired in HM and CWThe episodic memory
8What could and couldn't HM remember?HM could not remember stroking a dog half an hour earlier, or having owned a dog, but could remember what a dog is.
9Which parts of HM and CW's LTM were intact?The procedural memory and the semantic memory
10What is another strength that supports Tulving's research?Tulving et al- found activity in the prefrontal cortex.
11What side of the prefrontal cortex is the episodic memory said to be located?right hemisphere
12What side of the prefrontal cortex is the semantic memory said to be located?Left hemisphere
13What is a limitation of looking at amnesia patients?Psychologists do not know what their memory was like before the damage was done.