Facts or information stored in memory that are static in nature (descriptive knowledge) are called

• A. Declaritive Knowledge
• B. Procedural Knowledge
• C. Correlation
• D. Corpus

Answer: (A)

Descriptive, factual information stored in memory is called declarative knowledge. This type of knowledge is know-what—you can recall and state it, describe it in words, and tell someone about it. It includes facts, definitions, dates, concepts, and general world knowledge. For example, knowing that the capital of France is Paris or that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level are declarative facts you can express aloud.

This contrasts with procedural knowledge, which is know-how—the skills and procedures you demonstrate through doing, like riding a bike, solving a puzzle by following steps, or typing without looking at the keyboard. Procedural knowledge is about how to perform tasks, not just what the facts are.

Other terms don’t fit because they don’t describe a type of memory for facts. A corpus is simply a large collection of texts or data. A correlation is about a statistical relationship between variables, not a type of knowledge stored in memory. The best fit for static descriptive information is declarative knowledge.