Although Alicia has a great memory for trivia, she has difficulty remembering important events in her life. Alicia has good ________ memory but poor ________ memory.
A) episodic; procedural
B) procedural; semantic
C) semantic; episodic
D) explicit; implicit

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Episodic memory refers to memory for specific events, while semantic memory refers to memory for general knowledge and facts. Procedural memory refers to memory for skills and actions, while explicit memory refers to deliberate and conscious memory retrieval, and implicit memory refers to unconscious memory retrieval. Therefore, the best choice is C, as it correctly identifies Alicia as having good semantic memory but poor episodic memory.

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