types of long term memory

• what are the three types of memory

  episodic,semantic,procedural
• define episodic memory and its features

  episodic memory is a long term memory store for events, includes memories of time of events, places, objects
• how is episodic memory recalled

  episodic memory is recalled consciously and requires effort
• define semantic memory and its features

  semantic memory is long term memory store of knowledge of the world, includes facts, what words and concepts mean
• is semantic memory timestamped


  semantic memory is not time stamped
• how are semantic memories recalled

  semantic memories are recalled deliberately
• define procedural memory and its features


  long term memory store of knowledge on how we do things, includes memory of learned skills
• how is procedural memory recalled


  procedural memory can be recalled without effort
• what is a strength of long term memory (case study)

  one strength is there is case study evidence, HM and Clive wearing has amnesia and had poor recall of episodic memory but their semantic memory was unaffected, Clive can play piano and HM knew what a dog was. this supports the view that there are different memory stores in LTM
• give a strength of research into long term memory stores (linked to brain)

  one strength is neuroimaging evidence shows different types of memory are stored in different areas of the brain, Tulving made pp complete memory tasks while undergoing PET scans and found episodic in right pre frontal cortex, semantic in left. this supports the view that there is physical reality of LTM stores
• another strength of research into long term memory stores (link to real life applications)

  a strength is that it helps people with memory problems, memory loss in old age is specific to episodic memory as it is harder to recall past events, an intervention was devised by Belleville to target older people episodic memory which improved their memory in comparison to a control group. this shows understanding of different LTM stores allows treatment to be developed