GRE Subject Test: Psychology : Long-term Memory

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Example Question #1 : Long Term Memory

Long term memory can be divided into two categories, commonly referred to as which of the following?

Possible Answers:

Declarative and non-declarative memory

Deep and shallow processing

Priming and explicit memory

Episodic and procedural memory

Semantic and episodic memory

Correct answer:

Declarative and non-declarative memory

Explanation:

Declarative and non-declarative, or implicit and explicit memory, are the two different categories of long term memory; they both are responsible for different types of memory encoding/retrieval, and their neural actions and reactions take place in different parts of the brain.

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