Your memories of personal information such as what you wore to work yesterday or what you ate for breakfast this morning are stored in
A) procedural memory.
B) semantic memory.
C) episodic memory.
D) nondeclarative memory.
Answer: C
Rationale: Episodic memories autobiographical memories for personal experiences. Because what you ate or wore yesterday are autobiographical and likely to be associated with specific events, they would most likely be episodic memories.
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