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Types of long term memory
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- 1Episodic LTM- Gives people an autobiographical record of their personal experiences
- The strength of episodic memories is affected by the emotions present at time of coding and degree of processing at coding (highly processed memories more easily recalled) - 2Tulving (1989) - Aims- Investigate possible differences in processing of episodic and semantic memories
- Assess effectiveness of neuro-imaging as a means of investigating mental processes. - 3Tulving (1989) - Procedure1. Volunteers injected with radioactive gold which was scanned to detect its location.
2. Participants performed 8 successive trials involving 4 semantic and 4 episodic topics.
3. Retrieval involved silent mental thought rather than physical stimulation. Participants selected the topics they would think about.
4. At a signal, the participants would start thinking with the gold being injected after 60 seconds and scanning starting 8 seconds later. - 4Tulving (1989) - Findings- 3 participants produced inconclusive data.
- Data from the other 3 showed consistent differences in cortical blood flow between the 2 thinkings. - 5Tulving (1989) - Conclusions- Episodic and semantic LTM's appear to involve different brain areas therefore different LTM forms.
- Suggests biological basis to different LTM - 6Tulving (1989) - Evaluation- Tulving, wife + colleague were participants so can be hard to analyse in an unbiased way
- Only 3 out of 6 showed differences
- The study provided a way of objectively studying and measuring cognitive processes - 7Semantic LTM- memories for meanings, understandings and other concept-based knowledge.
- 8Procedural LTM- implicit memory permitting individuals to perform leaned tasks with little concious thought.
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- A-Level Psychology (Cognitive) Flashcards on Types of long term memory, created by Liv Coote on 10/04/2016.
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- Liv Coote · Apr 2016
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