You are having trouble with a difficult concept in psychology. Your teacher tells you a story that applies the concept, and now you have no trouble with it. This is because now you have a semantic memory.
Semantic memory refers to one of the two types of declarative or explicit memory. Semantic memory is the general world knowledge that we have accumulated throughout our lifetime.
Explanation: The first two quotes used show Walsh's apprehension about the people turning themselves in, and the last confirms that this apprehension is because of bad past experiences.
