Types of long term memory
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- Created on: 04-03-14 19:43
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- Types of long-term memory
- Procedural memory- used to unconsciously carry out tasks, e.g. making tea
- Declarative memory- of facts and events consciously recalled. Includes:
- Episodic memory- more personal:
- Autobiographical- for specific, personal life events, like a holiday
- Flashbulb memory- generally, a detailed, vivid description of one event which lasts a lifetime. Often life-changing autobiographical/ historical events with emotional arousal making recall vivid
- Conway et al.- 1/3rd+ of the original sample of 923, interviewed again 11 months after Thatcher's resignation, mostly had an accurate memory (86% did)
- Flashbulb memory- generally, a detailed, vivid description of one event which lasts a lifetime. Often life-changing autobiographical/ historical events with emotional arousal making recall vivid
- Experimental memory- e.g. learning word lists already in semantic memory, now tied to the specific episode of processing the info for an experiment
- Autobiographical- for specific, personal life events, like a holiday
- Semantic memory- hierarchically organised info, systematically linked to related info
- Bower et al- PPs presented with 4 trials of 28 hierarchically organised words recalled 73, whereas they recalled only 21 if placed randomly
- Episodic memory- more personal:
- Is there evidence?
- HM- could recall events before his operation and procedural memory was intact, but his semantic and episodic memory was affected, e.g. he couldn't recall his breakfast
- Clive Wearing- developed 'moment to moment' memory- however, he still retained some procedural memories and had declarative knowledge
- Many everyday tasks need stored interaction
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