PSY 211 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Autobiographical Memory, Episodic Memory, Implicit Memory
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Episodic - memories for particular episodes/experiences in your life. Information tied to a specific time and place; it is often autobiographical. Ex: "did you see this image earlier today?" Semantic memory - information you know but you don"t know precisely where or when you knew this information. Information that is known without information about the learning context. Both are part of long term memory and explicit memory. One can have good episodic but poor semantic. One can have good semantic but poor semantic. Do not operate completely separate from each other. Explicit memory - memory that we are aware of. Includes procedural knowledge - how to carry your specific tasks unconsciously. It can then spread to the next concept. Clear to the person being tested that they have to retrieve information from their memory. Ex: "fill in the names of the 50 states" Recognition - subject sees one or more options and then responds.
