PY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Security Number, Implicit Memory, Explicit Memory
Types of Memory
Psychologists often make distinctions among different types of memory. There
are three main distinctions:
1. Implicit vs. explicit memory
2. Declarative vs. procedural memory
3. Semantic vs. episodic memory
Implicit vs. Explicit Memory
Sometimes information that unconsciously enters the memory affects
thoughts and behavior, even though the event and the memory of the event
remain unknown. Such unconscious retention of information is called implicit
memory.
Example: Tina once visited Hotel California with her parents when she was
ten years old. She may not remember ever having been there, but when she
makes a trip there later, she knows exactly how to get to the swimming pool.
Explicit memory is conscious, intentional remembering of information.
Remembering a social security number involves explicit memory.
Declarative vs. Procedural Memory
Declarative memory is recall of factual information such as dates, words,
faces, events, and concepts. Remembering the capital of France, the rules for
playing football, and what happened in the last game of the World Series
involves declarative memory. Declarative memory is usually considered to be
explicit because it involves conscious, intentional remembering.
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Document Summary
Psychologists often make distinctions among different types of memory. There are three main distinctions: implicit vs. explicit memory, declarative vs. procedural memory, semantic vs. episodic memory. Sometimes information that unconsciously enters the memory affects thoughts and behavior, even though the event and the memory of the event remain unknown. Such unconscious retention of information is called implicit memory. Example: tina once visited hotel california with her parents when she was ten years old. She may not remember ever having been there, but when she makes a trip there later, she knows exactly how to get to the swimming pool. Explicit memory is conscious, intentional remembering of information. Remembering a social security number involves explicit memory. Declarative memory is recall of factual information such as dates, words, faces, events, and concepts. Remembering the capital of france, the rules for playing football, and what happened in the last game of the world series involves declarative memory.
