If you can remember exactly what you did yesterday but have trouble remembering the names of the 13 provinces, then you have excellent ____________ memory but somewhat poor ____________ memory.
A) episodic; semantic
B) semantic; episodic
C) procedural; explicit
D) explicit; procedural

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Episodic memory refers to the ability to remember personal experiences, while semantic memory refers to the ability to recall general knowledge and facts. In this scenario, the individual can remember the specific events from yesterday (episodic memory), but struggles with recalling the names of the provinces (semantic memory). Thus, the individual has excellent episodic memory but somewhat poor semantic memory.

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