What are the two types of declarative memory?

• A. Semantic and Episodic
• B. Procedural and Implicit
• C. Semantic and Procedural
• D. Episodic and Implicit

Answer: (A)

Declarative memory is memory you can consciously recall and describe. It has two types: semantic memory, which stores general knowledge and concepts (like knowing Paris is the capital of France), and episodic memory, which stores personal experiences with context such as time and place (like your last vacation or birthday party).

These are distinct from non-declarative memory, which covers skills and unconscious learning. Procedural memory underlying how to do things (riding a bike, tying shoelaces) and implicit memory involving unconscious influences on behavior (priming, conditioned responses) are not accessible as explicit facts or events.

So, semantic and episodic together are the types that make up declarative memory.