A critical difference in prospective and retrospective memory is that:

a) retrospective memory is explicit and prospective memory is implicit.
b) in retrospective memory, there is typically an explicit cue to remember; in prospective memory there isn't
c) retrospective memory requires that a person "remember to remember"; prospective memory doesn't
d) only retrospective memory plays a role in action slips; prospective memory isn't involved.


Answer: b

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