tulving episodic and semantic

• What is episodic memory?

  A mental diary of experiences and events
• How does semantic memory differ from episodic memory?

  Semantic memory is factual without temporal links
• What is time referencing in memory?

  Linking memories to when they were learned
• Which type of memory requires time referencing?

  Episodic memory requires time referencing
• Why do semantic memories often lead to forgetting?

  Due to retrieval failure
• How are memory traces in semantic memory characterized?

  More robust and less susceptible to transformation
• What type of memory was added to Tulving's theory in 1985?

  Procedural memory
• What is spatial referencing in memory?

  Knowing where you were when learning
• What are the key differences between episodic and semantic memory?

  • Episodic memory:
  • Linked to specific experiences and events
  • Requires time referencing
  • Semantic memory:
  • Factual information without temporal links
  • Often forget due to retrieval failure
• How do time referencing and spatial referencing relate to memory recall?

  • Time referencing:
  • Essential for episodic memory recall
  • Spatial referencing:
  • Important for remembering where information was learned
• Evidence, strengths and weaknesses

  Strengths

  • Case study such as Kent cocaine support the idea of how the separate long-term memory stores because they are unable to form new episode memories were able to form new semantic and procedure memories
  • Weaknesses
  • On the other hand, it's difficult to generalise from studies of small numbers of individuals with brain damage to people who haven't had brain damage
• Strengths and shortcomings


  The idea that there is more than one type of long-term memory stimulated research to find more types of long memory on the other hand.

  A weakness of the theories of long term memory are descriptive not explanatory for example they do not explain the process that gives her eyes to semantic memories in conclusion further research is needed
• Applications

  understand the use of memory can be applied to eyewitness testimony re-creating a crime scene may provide context dependent information and retrieval cues help eyewitnesses to remember these