AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are three main processes that characterize how memory works. These processes are encoding, storage, and retrieval (or recall).

Detailed explanation-2: -Semantic memory consists of a “mental thesaurus” that provides “the memory necessary for the use of language” (Tulving, 1972, p. 386), whereas episodic memory consists of memory for “temporally dated episodes or events, and the temporal-spatial relations” among them (Tulving, 1972, p. 385).

Detailed explanation-3: -Semantic memory refers to general world knowledge that humans have accumulated throughout their lives. This general knowledge (word meanings, concepts, facts, and ideas) is intertwined in experience and dependent on culture. We can learn about new concepts by applying our knowledge learned from things in the past.

Detailed explanation-4: -Introduction. Semantic memory refers to our general world knowledge that encompasses memory for concepts, facts, and the meanings of words and other symbolic units that constitute formal communication systems such as language or math.