When Eduardo comes home from second grade, he tells his mother that he learned the names of the planets in order today. Over time, Eduardo will forget when and where he learned the names of the planets but will retain the planet names forever. This illustrates that the formation of semantic memories is due to the forgetting of __________ memories.
A)episodic
B)echoic
C)procedural
D)skill

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Semantic memory involves facts and general knowledge, while episodic memory involves personal experiences and specific events. Eduardo forgetting the context (when and where) of learning the planet names but retaining the knowledge itself illustrates the transition from episodic to semantic memory.

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