Describe the two main types of long-term memories and the two subdivisions of one memory type

Then, identify which type of memory each of the following experiences would produce: (a) playing a guitar, (b) knowing the names of ten famous guitarists, and (c) the time you toured the Gibson Guitar Plant in Memphis.
What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER: Answer will include that long-term memory is divided into procedural or skill memories and declarative or fact memories with the fact memories being subdivided into semantic memories and episodic memories. Procedural memory would include the learned motor activities of playing a guitar, while knowing the names of ten famous guitarists and the memory of touring the Gibson Plant would be considered declarative or fact memories. Knowing the names of the guitarists are semantic memories, which involve knowledge and general facts, while the personal experience of touring the Gibson Plant is an episodic memory.

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