Question

Ral has been golfing for most of his life and thinks he's a good golfer. Ral was surprised when his friend asked him to describe how to swing the club without slicing the ball far to the right and he couldn't really put it into words. Ral's memory of how to avoid slicing the ball is probably:______.
1. an explicit memory.
2. a semantic memory.
3. a procedural memory.
4. not very well formed

Answer 1

Answer:

Ral's memory of how to avoid slicing the ball is probably 3. a procedural memory.

Explanation:

Procedural memory is in charge of remembering motor skills, it is the storage of procedures, as the name states.

It is part of the long-term memory and it becomes automatic because once an individual learns how to carry out an action, he/she does not have to think about how to do it again and simply does it.

This explains why Ral cannot describe how he avoids slicing the ball; this information is stored in the procedural memory and is therefore automatic. He doesn't have to think about how to do it anymore.