CLEP Intro to Psychology Exam Prep

Category - CLEP Intro Psychology

When you are remembering the order of the months in a year, you are relying on ___________ memory.
  1. calendar
  2. semantic
  3. sensory
  4. procedural
Explanation
Answer: B - When you are remembering the order of the months in a year, you are relying on semantic memory.
Key Takeaway: Semantic memory is a memory of meaning and concept-based knowledge. What we know about the world and how it functions is a type of semantic knowledge. For example, as children we are taught that the year begins with January and ends with December. We commit this knowledge to memory and incorporate it into other facts about the world that we learn. Semantic memory makes it easy for us to recall this knowledge that we have acquired.
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