In the morning you plan to get dinner on your way home from work later that day. If you get home before remembering you were planning to stop for dinner, what kind of memory failure could that be considered to be?
A)working memory
B)procedural memory
C)prospective memory
D)long-term memory
E)echoic memory

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This is an example of a prospective memory failure, which involves forgetting to perform a planned action or intention at the intended time. Prospective memory is remembering to do something in the future, such as stopping for dinner as planned.

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