Question

Think of unique examples from your own life over the past week for each of the types of memory: episodic, semantic, procedural, explicit, and implicit.  Describe these examples in your posting.

Answer 1

My real life examples of the different type of memories are

1) episodic memory : I was working in this house and my wife gave me a salad in breakfast . I recognized that I had salad in the breakfast 3 days back . This is what episodic memory is . I remembered that I had salad in breakfast 3 days back is example of episodic memory

2) semantic memory : while travelling around the world my next destination was delhi . As soon as I heard delhi I recognized that it is the capital of india . Recognizing the capitals of country .Smells of food tasty spicy foods in delhi is all semantic memory

3) procedural memory : I was never good at cooking but the only thing I know how to cook is omlet .I never forgets the recipe and procedures of making omlet this is a example of procedural memory .

4) explicit memory : last Tuesday I had a class in 12th grade biology class I remembered that the topic taught by me in the class was genetics . As soon as my fellow teacher asked me what topic you taught in the last class I quickly responded the genetics . This is example of explicit memory

5) implicit memory : my wife is a crazy fan of songs she learn every song . I'm not good at singing and remembering songs . Last night I was singing a song while watching the television . But I forgot the last line of the song and suddenly my wife completed the song .without wasting a single second this is an example of implicit memory