Psychology / Unit 6 Psych 0666 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Semantic Memory
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The idea
Semantic memory holds general knowledge and facts detached from the occasion of learning them.
In practice
Knowing that water boils at one hundred degrees Celsius without recalling where it was learned.
Where people slip
Episodic memories can become semantic over time as the occasion fades and the fact survives.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
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