Day 5 of 150 Memory Difficulty 5/10
Episodic memory tags events; semantic memory stores facts
Quick answer
Episodic memory tags events; semantic memory stores facts. Today's question (Episodic vs. semantic memory) asks about a finding from Tulving, E. in 1972. The correct option is Episodic memory — full explanation, primary source, and glossary cross-links below.
Today's question
Remembering what you ate for breakfast yesterday is an example of which memory system?
Reveal the answer and explanation
Correct: C — Episodic memory
Tulving (1972) drew the line between episodic memory — autobiographical events tagged to a specific time and place — and semantic memory, which stores general knowledge of facts and concepts independent of when or where they were learned. Knowing that Paris is the capital of France is semantic. Remembering visiting Paris last summer is episodic. Procedural memory covers learned skills like riding a bicycle.
About the source
Tulving, E. (1972). Episodic and semantic memory. In E. Tulving & W. Donaldson (Eds.), Organization of Memory (pp. 381–403). Academic Press.
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