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Tulving (theory of LTM) - Coggle Diagram
Tulving (theory of LTM)
Semantic memory
Nature of memory
Stores words , facts , rules , meanings and concepts that link
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Spatial referencing
recall several memories from different events to form one idea . Does not require special referencing
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strength
One strength of the explanation of LTM is that there is evidence the two distinct types of memory which is episodic and semantic
Scoville and Milner found out that H.M a a patient who has his hippocampus removed had impaired episodic memory(difficulty recalling past events) but relatively unaffected semantic memory (he understood all meaning of words).For instance he could not recall stroking a dog but did not the to have the concept of a dog explaining to him
This is a strength as it supports the claim that there is two seperate stores (epesodic and semantic)
weakness
One weakness of this explanation is that the episodic memory cant function if there's no semantic memory
Tulving later revised his theory's about these types of memory's and came to a view that episodic memory was a specialised subcategory of semantic memory .For instance you cannot have a fully functional episodic memory without a fully functional semantic memory (you have to know someone died in order to remember being at there funeral )
This opposes the claims that they are two completely separate stores and instead suggests that its one store with two subcategory's