Zara can remember the names of all the capital cities in Europe, but she cannot recall her family holiday to Paris last summer. Meanwhile, her grandfather, who suffered brain damage after a stroke, can recall vivid details of his wedding day but is unable to explain the meaning of basic words like 'calendar' or 'destination'.
Discuss episodic and semantic memory. Refer to the experiences of Zara and her grandfather in your answer.
177 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Working memory model, Multi-store model of memory, Episodic and semantic long-term memory, Reconstructive memory and schema theory, Individual differences in memory, and Developmental psychology in memory. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.