types of long term memory

• what is episodic memory

  ability to recall events from our lives, e.g dentist last week

  
  

  'time-stamped'

  
  

  memory will include, people, places, objects and behaviours

  
  

  conscious effort to recall episodic memories
• what is semantic memory

  facts and our knowledge of the world

  e.g animals, Justin Beiber

  not time-stamped we don't remember when we learnt this

  less personal and more about facts we all share
• what is procedural memory

  actions, skills/ how we do things

  can recall without conscious effort- e.g driving a car
• what are the types of long term memory

  episodic

  semantic

  procedural