Types Of Long Term Memory

Question 1

Episodic memory

Answer 1

Our ability to recall events from our personal lives
May contain emotions associated with the event
Conscious effort to recall (explicit)

Question 2

Semantic memory

Answer 2

Facts we know
Declarative memories (explicit)

Question 3

Procedural memory

Answer 3

Connected to skills we have (riding a bike etc)
Things we can do with little effort
Don’t require conscious thought
Non-declarative memories (implicit)