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Summary AQA A level psychology memory - types of long term memory
Summary of 3 pages for the course Memory at AQA (Detailed A01 + A03)
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L3 - types of long term memory (LTM)Tulving (1985) - cognitive psychologist
Idea of having one LTM store was too simplistic + proposed that there are 3 LTM stores , each
hold different types of information
Episodic memory semantic memory procedural memory
DECLARATIVE DECLARATIVE NON-DECLARATIVE
used to recall events store, which contains shared store, responsible for our
(episodes) from our own life knowledge of the world actions and skills - tells us
how to do things
e.g. what you had for e.g. similar to dictionary
breakfast yesterday morning / includes information such as e.g. drive a car / ride a bike
what you did what things taste like,
meaning of words etc.
Suggest this was the most When we recall these
complex store as : memories, we aren’t aware
These are not time stamped - we are doing so - based on
1. the memories are don’t remember when we first automatic retrieval
time-stamped = remember heard about these concepts
when they happened and = less personal more about - more solidified with practice
how one episodic memory facts we share e.g. when learning to drive a
relates to another in terms of car we continuously think
time In order for us to learn and about changing gears and
2. Single episodic memory understand we are constantly indicating but experienced
has several elements/factors adding to our semantic drivers do so without a
e.g. who was present, where, memory over time second thought
what was present = all
intertwine to form single
episodic memory
3. Require conscious effort at
recall = search for details e.g.
thinking hard about what you
had for breakfast/ what was
said at the appointment
Clive wearing : case study
Severe form of amnesia - viral infection which damaged the hippocampus and associated
areas
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