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Explicit memory (declarative memory)
This refers to memories that are consciously available such as information you use in examination, remembering events at a party, meaning of words or knowledge on animals within the environment e.t.c. Explicit memory is deliberate and we draw on it to carry out many activities in our daily lives. Explicit memory has three major subdivisions. These are;
· Episodic memory
· Semantic memory
· Autobiographical memory

Episodic memory:
Episodic memory refers to memory for personally experienced events in time as well as supporting their information and retrieval. An example of episodic memory is remembering about a party you attended, a sports events in your campus or an attack by gangsters. Episodic memory is typically associated with a recollection of strong feelings. Episodic memories often include an affective (emotional) component (Tulving 1983). This has been found to affect encoding. For example, if you find yourself in a very fearful event such as an attack from gangsters, you may not encode all aspects of the event due to fear. Similarly when you are too happy you may over look certain information and focus only on the information that you enjoy. Towards this end, episodic memory has been found to be vulnerable to forgetting.

Semantic memory
Semantic memory refers to knowledge of information about the world such as meaning of words and items in the world. Unlike episodic memory, semantic memory is not characterized with strong recollectiveness. Semantic memory is also resistant to forgetting. You can remember names of people or places you learnt long time ago. You also can remember meanings of many words, or things you learnt in primary schools

Autobiographical memory
This is memory about events and personal experiences from an individuals own life . The major difference between episodic and autobiographical is that the later is highly self referenced. Towards this end, autobiographical memories are as varied as people who make them. Many factors affect the form and quality of autobiography. This include: ; include emotions, developmental stages and the gender of cultural background of the rememberer.

Chatelaine answered the question on June 17, 2021 at 12:26

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