Types of LTM

• What are the three types of long-term memory?

  Episodic, semantic, procedural
• Who proposed the three types of long-term memory?

  Tulving
• Is episodic memory time-stamped?

  Yes
• Is semantic memory time-stamped?

  No
• Is procedural memory time-stamped?

  No
• Which of the three long-term memory stores are time-stamped?

  Episodic
• What is episodic memory?

  Our ability to recall events from our lives (episodes)
• Do you have to make a conscious effort to recall episodic memories?

  Yes
• What elements will your memory of a single 'episode' in episodic memory include?

  People, places, objects and behaviour
• What is semantic memory?

  Our shared knowledge of the world
• What is an example of episodic memory?

  A visit to the dentist
• What is an example of semantic memory?


  Animals
• What is it when a memory is time-stamped?

  You remember when they happened
• Semantic knowledge is less personal and more about facts
• According to Tulving, what memory store is less vulnerable to forgetting than episodic memory?

  Semantic
• What is procedural memory?

  Our memory for actions or skills
• Do you have to make a conscious effort to recall procedural memory?

  No
• What is an example of procedural memory?

  Driving a car
• We might find it difficult to explain skills from procedural memory to someone else
• What cases support the existence of different types of LTM?

  HM and Wearing