Memory

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  • Created on: 28-02-17 14:38
Episodic Memory
Refers to our ability to recall events (episodes) from our lives. It has been linked to a diary, a record or daily happenings. Examples - what breakfast I ate this morning . Memories are time stamped so you remember when they happened.
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Semantic Memory
Knowledge of the world like facts. Example taste of oranges. Not time stamped. Less personal more about the facts.
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Procedural Memory
Memory for actions or skills on how we basically do things. Recall memories without conscious awareness e.g driving a car. Hard to explain to someone.
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Evaluation
Patient with Huntingdon's Disease - No problem learning new facts and knowledge but had problems learning new motor skills. This study supports Tulvings suggestion of different types of memory exist and how they are separate systems.
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Evaluation
Case study of HM -HM had difficulty recalling events but could understand the meanings of words. Supports Tulvings view that there are different memory stores in LTM as HM had a working semantic and procedural memory but episodic memory was impaired.
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Knowledge of the world like facts. Example taste of oranges. Not time stamped. Less personal more about the facts.

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Semantic Memory

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Memory for actions or skills on how we basically do things. Recall memories without conscious awareness e.g driving a car. Hard to explain to someone.

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Card 4

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Patient with Huntingdon's Disease - No problem learning new facts and knowledge but had problems learning new motor skills. This study supports Tulvings suggestion of different types of memory exist and how they are separate systems.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Case study of HM -HM had difficulty recalling events but could understand the meanings of words. Supports Tulvings view that there are different memory stores in LTM as HM had a working semantic and procedural memory but episodic memory was impaired.

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Preview of the back of card 5

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