While daydreaming in her physics class, Dorothy recalls the day the tornado hit her farmhouse last summer. Dorothy's recollection is best classified as a(n) _____ memory.

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Dorothy's recollection of the tornado hitting her farmhouse is a personal experience from her own life, making it an autobiographical memory. Sensory memories involve the senses (such as seeing or hearing something), explicit memories involve conscious recollection of events, and meta- refers to something being self-referential or about itself.

While Daydreaming in Her Physics Class, Dorothy Recalls the Day