What Is the Difference Between Prospective Memory and Retrospective Memory

question 23

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between prospective memory and retrospective memory?

• A) Prospective memory is the ability to store content in memory with effort, and retrospective memory is the ability to store content in memory without effort.
• B) Prospective memory is when something that you have to do in the future interferes with what you need to do now, and retrospective memory is when something from the past interferes with what you need to do now.
• C) Prospective memory is the ability to remember something in the future and retrospective memory is the ability to remember something from the past.
• D) Prospective memory is memory for positive content and retrospective memory is memory for negative or neutral content.

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Definitions:

Cognitive

Related to the processes of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering.

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Cognitive Approach

A psychological perspective that focuses on how people think, understand, and know about the world.

Motive States

Psychological conditions that energize and direct behavior towards specific goals or needs fulfillment.