Question

matching list
match each of the following examples with the component of long - term mem - ory (ltm) that it demonstrates.
you remember the way
your home smelled and
sounded during your
birthday celebration.
you remember the defi -
nitions of key terms that
you study for an up -
coming test.
you remember how to
make your favorite mac -
aroni and cheese with -
out even needing to
read the instructions.
you have come to asso -
ciate rain with sadness
after experiencing many
cancelled events due to
rain in your childhood -
now, whenever it rains,
you feel sad.
a. emotionally conditioned
b. episodic
c. procedural
d. semantic

Explanation:

• Episodic memory involves personal experiences and events. Remembering details of a birthday celebration (smells, sounds) is an episodic memory as it's a personal event.
• Semantic memory is about general knowledge, facts, and concepts. Remembering definitions of key terms (for a test) is semantic memory as it's factual knowledge.
• Procedural memory is for skills and how - to knowledge. Remembering how to make macaroni and cheese without instructions is procedural memory as it's a skill.
• Emotionally - conditioned memory is when an emotion (sadness) is associated with a stimulus (rain) through past experiences (cancelled events due to rain in childhood).

Answer:

1. You remember the way your home smelled and sounded during your birthday celebration: b. episodic
2. You remember the definitions of key terms that you study for an upcoming test: d. semantic
3. You remember how to make your favorite macaroni and cheese without even needing to read the instructions: c. procedural
4. You have come to associate rain with sadness after experiencing many cancelled events due to rain in your childhood—now, whenever it rains, you feel sad: a. emotionally conditioned