A-level Psychology: Memory - Types of LTM MCQ 1

Which type of LTM? Memories of events.

• Episodic
• Semantic
• Procedural

Which type of LTM? Complex memories, time stamped, conscious recall, about people and places.

• Episodic
• Semantic
• Procedural

Which type of LTM? Knowledge of the world/facts.

• Episodic
• Semantic
• Procedural

Which type of LTM? Not time stamped, less personal, shared knowledge.

• Episodic
• Semantic
• Procedural

Which type of LTM? Actions and skills, how to do things.

• Episodic
• Semantic
• Procedural

Which type of LTM? Recall without awareness or effort, hard to explain, automatic recall without practice.

• Episodic
• Semantic
• Procedural

Tulving et al.'s brain scan study supports the existence of different types of LTM as they found ______.

• Episodic memory in the right prefrontal cortex and semantic memory in the left.
• Episodic memory in the right prefrontal cortex
• Semantic memory in the left prefrontal cortex.

The case studies of HM and Clive Wearing support the existence of different types of LTM because _____.

• only one type of LTM was damaged
• only one type of STM was damaged
• all LTM was damaged

Clinical evidence from case studies like that of HM lack control therefore findings are _____.

• hard to generalise
• difficult to understand
• of no use whatsoever

Cohen & Squire suggest there are two NOT three types of LTM. These are ______.

• Declarative and non-clarative
• Prospective and retrospective
• Prospective and non-prospective