Which of the Following Is an Example of Prospective Memory

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of prospective memory?

• A) remembering the names of the two football teams that played in the last Super Bowl
• B) reciting the rhyme you learned as a child to help remember the number of days in each month (i.e., "Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November….")
• C) remembering the details of a common object, such as a U.S. penny
• D) remembering the appointment you have at 10:30 next Saturday morning

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