Question

Which of the following statements is an example of explicit memory ?

• A. A teenager remembers her 10th birthday party.
• B. A dog learns that food is associated with a bell.
• C. A 30 year-old woman recalling how to ride a bicycle after years of not riding.
• D. A man forms a habit of checking his email every night right before bed.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. A teenager remembers her 10th birthday party.

• Implicit memories are nondeclarative and unconscious, while explicit memories are declarative and conscious.
• All memories formed by conditioning are implicit memories.
• All habits are procedural memories, a type of implicit memory.
• Memories that inform unconscious motor skills are procedural memories, a type of implicit memory.
• A teenager remembers her tenth birthday party, is an episodic memory (a memory about a specific event). Episodic memories are a type of explicit memory.