Pretend that you are a contestant on a new game show and that you are asked to remember the names of all the students in your kindergarten class. Every classmate that you remember correctly increases your monetary prize. The host asks you to write down the names of every student you remember. This is an example of a _______ memory task.

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This task requires the contestant to retrieve information (names of their kindergarten classmates) from memory, without any cues or prompts, which is the definition of recall memory. Recognition memory tasks involve identifying previously learned information from a list of options, which is not the case here. Episodic memory is a subtype of long-term memory that involves remembering specific events or experiences, and working memory involves temporarily holding and manipulating information in the mind.

Pretend That You Are a Contestant on a New Game