Types of long term memory

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  • What is non declarative memory?
    memories which are implicit, unable to consciouslly recall them.(procedural)
  • What is declarative memory?
    explicit memories that can be inspected and recalled consciously. 
    (episodic,semantic)
  • What are the types of LTM split into?
    declarative and non declarative
  • Give the three types of LTM
    semantic(facts,knowledge)
    episodic(life events,experience)
    procedural(automatic)
  • What did Tulving(1985) argue?
    that MSM of memory was too simple-instead he suggested that there were different types of LTM
  • What is non declarative memory?
    memories which are implicit, unable to consciouslly recall them.(procedural)
  • What is declarative memory?
    explicit memories that can be inspected and recalled consciously. 
    (episodic,semantic)
  • the function of episodic memory is to store personal events or episodes.
  • the function of semantic memory is to store facts about the world and our experiences.