Describe & evaluate Tulving's Theory that there are different types of LTM (12)

Describe & evaluate Tulving's Theory that there are different types of LTM (12)

1. EVALUATION

   • Positive (+)
     • HM+ Clive Wearing
       • Procedual memory
         • remembering how to stroke a dog
       • Semantic memory
         • concept of a dog
       • Episodic
         • remembering stroking a dog
         • impaired- Amnesia
       • must be different LTM stores if one doesn't work while another is unaffected
       • Clinical evidence
     • Tulving et al. (1994)
       • Neuroimaging evidence
       • Different LTMSs in different parts of the brain
         • Prefrontal Cortex
           • Right Hemisphere is Episodic
           • Left Hemisphere is Semantic
         • objective proof that there must be a different types of LTM if they are in different places so high validity
     • Real Life Applications
   • Negative (-)
     • Problems with the clinical evidence that supports this explanation
       • Lack of Control over variables
         • Example (personality variables, extent+ location of brain damage, you don't know how their memory was like before)
       • Low Generaliseability
         • most of the supporting evidence is built on case studies of brain damaged patients

2. DESCRIBE

   • 3 types of LTM
     • Episodic Memory: -memory for events
       • time stamped
       • give an example (did yesterday, birthday last year
       • your memory of a single episode (includes lots of different elements- give eg)
     • Semantic Memory: knowledge of the world
       • facts, concepts experiences
       • give an example (capital cities, what something tastes like, etc.)
       • Not time stamped
     • Procedural Memory: memory of actions/ skills
       • Not time stamped
       • give an example (how to swim, ride a bike, drive a car, etc.)