When Gina was ten, she swam in the ocean for the first time. She remembers the feeling of kicking her feet, slicing her arms through the water, tasting the tangy salt water, floating her on her back, and learning from her father that salt water is more dense than fresh water, which makes floating easier. Which element is a semantic memory?

a. The familiar feel of kicking her feet and slicing her arms through the water

b. How tangy the salt water was

c. That salt water is more dense than fresh water

d. The feeling of floating on her back

c. That salt water is more dense than fresh water

Explanation:

Semantic memory is a type of memory that stores general knowledge that we have learnt over the course of our lives. General knowledge refers to the facts, ideas, meaning and concepts a person has. They are generally combined with the experiences a person has.

Here, Gina is remembering the first time she swam in the ocean. This memory is of the episodic type. She remembers that her father told her that salt water is more dense than fresh water. This fact was entwined with her episodic memory.

Hence, the fact that she remembers that salt water is more dense than fresh water is semantic memory.