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Types of long term memory
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- 1Episodic memoryrefers to our ability to recall events from our lives.
What you ate for breakfast etc.
Conscious effort to recall an episodic memory. - 2Where is the episodic memory situated?Connected in the hippocampus to create the memory of an event.
- 3What is the strength of an episodic memory?The memory can either be strong or weak. It's influenced by the emotions felt at the time of the memory.
Traumatic events which are highly emotional tend to be well recalled. - 4Semantic MemoryRefers to knowledge about the world.
- 5How does Semantic Memory begin?Tend to begin as episodic memory because we acquire knowledge based on personal experience.
- 6What is the strength of the Semantic memory?Just like the Episodic memory, semantic memory will be stronger if they are processed more deeply during coding.
Conscious effort - 7Where is the semantic memory?Temporal and frontal lobes.
- 8Procedural MemoryConcerned with skills - knowing how to do something.
Very little conscious effort is required to recall a procedural memory. - 9Where is the procedural memory?Cerebellum and the Primary Motor Cortex
- 10REM and NREM?Rapid Eye Movement
Non Rapid Eye Movement
Occurs when individual is sleeping.
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- AS - Level Psychology (Memory) Flashcards on Types of long term memory, created by beabusico01 on 23/02/2016.
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