Question

On the first day of the school year, Ms. Jackson asks her fourth-grade class to write a paragraph about the most important event of their summer vacation. To recollect such events from their life histories, Ms. Jackson's students must tap into their _____ memories.

Answer 1

Answer: Students must tap into their episodic memories

Explanation:

Episodic memory is defined as the ability to store memories related to our experiences. In this type of memory, important events are stored for a person, things related to his childhood, important events that he has lived before.

In this case, Mrs. Jackson wants to know the most important event of the student's summer vacations. Students use episodic memory to be able to identify which was the event that most marked it positively and which was important during their summer vacations.

While it is true that during the holidays the students enjoyed and did activities that involved a lot of fun, there was some moment that stood out and it is the one that the teacher wants to know. Here comes what episodic memory.