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Today, we want to share with you about Long Term Memory. There are two general distinctions regarding the long term memory which are :
a) Declarative knowledge
b) Procedural knowledge
Declarative Knowledge
It concerns about "HOW THINGS ARE, WERE OR WILL BE". It enables to interpret what you see around you, recall the past events and recognize important people and places in your life. There are two distinct forms which are :
a) Episodic memory
b) Semantic memory
Now, we start with Episodic memory .
It is one's memory of personal life experiences such as :
Birthday Celebration Wedding ceremony
Usually, we remember events that we've personally experienced. We can often recall when a particular event happened to us.
It's differ with the Semantic memory. Semantic memory is one;s general knowledge of the world independent of those experiences such as :
Once we see it, we know it is Malaysian flag because it is a general knowledge. But, sometimes we can't recall the specific facts about the world.
Now, we move on to Procedural knowledge. Procedural knowledge involves knowing "HOW TO DO THINGS". For instance:
How to ride a bicycle? How to add the numbers? How to wrap a gift?
It is includes :
a) Conditional knowledge : It is includes information about how you respond under different circumstances
b) Conceptual knowledge : Reflects our understanding why certain events happened.
Okay. We will continue with more interesting topic to be learn later. Stay tuned! :)
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