Types Of LTM AO1

• Episodic memory


  Memory of events and experiences in one's own life, e.g. what one had for dinner last night. Stored with reference to contextual information like time and place. Requires conscious effort to recall. Vulnerable to amnesia.
• Episodic memory


  • What one had for dinner last night
• Episodic memory


  • Time-stamped
  • Requires conscious effort to recall
  • Vulnerable to amnesia
• Flashbulb memories


  Autobiographical episodic memories stored in long-term memory, often because they were of emotional or historical significance. Not time-stamped.
• Procedural memory


  Memory for actions or skills, e.g. riding a bike. Unavailable for conscious inspection, difficult to explain verbally. Less vulnerable to amnesia.
• Procedural memory


  • Riding a bike
• Procedural memory


  • Unavailable for conscious inspection
  • Difficult to explain verbally
  • Less vulnerable to amnesia
• Semantic memory


  Knowledge of facts and information about the world, e.g. meaning of a word, someone's name. Not usually time-stamped. Less vulnerable to distortion and forgetting than episodic memory. Requires deliberate recall.
• Semantic memory


  • Meaning of a word
  • Remembering someone's name
• Semantic memory


  • Not usually time-stamped
  • Less vulnerable to distortion and forgetting than episodic memory
  • Requires deliberate recall