When Rip Van Winkle returns to his native village after 20 years of sleeping in the mountains, he goes immediately to the location of his former house and asks for his wife and children by name. The kind of memory he is exhibiting by remembering his home's location and the names of his wife and children is ________ memory.
A) semantic
B) procedural
C) emotional
D) episodic

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Rip Van Winkle is exhibiting episodic memory, which is the memory of specific events and experiences, including personal details such as the names of his wife and children, and the location of his former house. Semantic memory refers to general knowledge and facts, procedural memory is memory for how to do things (like riding a bike), and emotional memory refers to memory for emotional experiences.

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