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Uses of Different Types of Memory

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When you have to recall the following:

(What did you eat for lunch exactly one week ago? ... Did you eat all your food? ... What time was it? ... Where were you? ... With whom did you eat? ... About what did you converse? )

Please answer the question below based on the above information:

What kind of memory are you using, semantic or episodic?

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Types of memory, semantic or episodic, are identified.

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Episodic memory is memory that includes details of a particular experience you've had, such as your first day of high school or your first date.

Semantic memory is memory for information without memory of the actual time that you learned it, such as knowing that ...

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