Describe and evaluate types of long term memory. [16 marks]

AO1

• episodic

  • events, experiences etc.

  • time-specific i.e. declarative

  • recall is conscious

• semantic

  • knowledge of the world

  • non-declarative, often cannot recall time of learning

  • recall is deliberate

• procedural

  • muscle memory, actions, behaviours

  • non-declarative

  • unconscious recall

AO3

• Tulving’s PET scans (1994), different location in the prefrontal cortex for episodic (right hemisphere) and semantic (left hemisphere) memory

• Clive Wearing case study, no episodic memory, good procedural memory

  • not generalisable...?

• Belleville (2006) understanding distinct stores allows more targeted (and effective) treatment