Which one of the following examples best illustrates a problem with prospective memory?
A) Meredith can't remember anything that happened in the few minutes before she was in an automobile accident.
B) Marcus forgets to keep the appointment he made with his teacher after school.
C) Juan can't recall something his teacher told him because he was thinking about something else while she was talking to him.
D) Chloe sees a person she knows she has met before, but she can't remember the person's name.

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Prospective memory refers to remembering to do things in the future, such as remembering to keep an appointment. Marcus forgetting his appointment is the best example of a problem with prospective memory. The other options refer to different types of memory problems such as retrograde amnesia (A), divided attention (C), and difficulty with name recall (D).

Which One of the Following Examples Best Illustrates a Problem