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GCSE Psychology · key term
A memory store that retains information for extended periods.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1
Memory that retains information beyond immediate use, potentially for months, years or a lifetime.
Revise: Memory ProcessesThe distinction between short-term and long-term memory concerns how information is retained. The three types considered below—episodic, semantic and procedural—are types of long-term memory. They differ in what is remembered, not simply in how long it is remembered.
Distinguish semantic encoding, a way of coding information, from semantic memory, a type of long-term memory.
Link primacy to long-term memory and recency to short-term memory; explain the role of rehearsal rather than just naming the stores.
Potentially permanent storage does not mean that every long-term memory can always be retrieved.
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Paper 2
A memory store with potentially permanent duration and unlimited capacity, in which information is mainly encoded by meaning.
Revise: The Multi-store Model: Stores, Processes and EvaluationThe model distinguishes three separate stores — the sensory store, short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM). Information passes through these stores in sequence before becoming a long-term memory.
