Our memories of general knowledge items such as the meanings of words or the dates of famous historical events are stored in

A) procedural memory.
B) semantic memory.
C) episodic memory.
D) nondeclarative memory.

Answer: B
Rationale: Semantic memories are declarative memories that include facts about the world. They can be thought of as the non-fiction reference books of your long-term memory. In contrast, episodic memories are declarative memories for personal experiences that recalled from a first-person perspective. Because the meaning of words and historical dates are factual, not autobiographical, they are semantic, not episodic memories.