Whitney's neighbors are surprised that she never forgets their anniversary,but their wedding anniversary falls on the same day as Whitney's birthday,so she finds it an easy date to remember.Whitney's easy recall of the anniversary date illustrates the influence of
A) semantic encoding.
B) spreading activation in a semantic network.
C) prospective memory processes.
D) self-referent encoding.

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Whitney's ability to remember the anniversary date is enhanced because it coincides with her own birthday, making it personally relevant and thus illustrating self-referent encoding.

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