Types of Long-term Memory

Explicit
(Declarative)

  • Requires conscious effort
  • Involves the Hippocampus

Implicit
(Non-declarative)

  • Does not require conscious effort
  • Involves the Cerebellum

Semantic Memory

Episodic Memory

Procedural
Memory

Dispositional
Memory

Retention of facts and general knowledge

(it’s like an encyclopedia)

Retention of personal experiences

(it’s like a diary)

Retention of skills--motor and cognitive (e.g., riding a bike, driving a car, or reciting your "A B C’s")

Retention of conditioned associations learned through operant or classical conditioning (e.g., fearing snakes, feeling good when you earn an "A")

 


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