At the age of 69 years, Micah considered himself to be healthy even though he took blood pressure medicine after dinner each night. His ability to remember to take his pills each night after dinner would be an example of what type of memory?

Question

a. Prospective
b. Semantic
c. Long-term
d. Episodic

Answer 1

The ability to remember to take his pills each night after dinner is an example of a. Prospective memory. Prospective memory refers to the ability to remember to perform intended actions in the future, such as remembering to take medication at a specific time.