Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
The memory that refers to our memory of meaningful facts, rules, definitions, concepts and principles is termed as
ASemantic memory ✓ Correct
BEpisodic memory
CProcedural memory
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (A) Semantic memory — Memory of meaningful facts, rules and concepts is semantic memory, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Memory of meaningful facts, rules and concepts is semantic memory, so that is the answer.
★Semantic memory holds general knowledge of the world, its facts, meanings, rules and principles.
★So our store of definitions and concepts is kept in semantic memory.
★Episodic memory holds personal experiences and events tied to a time and place.
★Procedural memory holds how to do things, such as skills and habits.
★Since meaningful facts and concepts belong to general knowledge, the answer is semantic memory.
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