While working at her desk, Mary remembers that it is her turn to cook dinner tonight. She then writes a quick reminder note to herself to stop by the supermarket on the way home to pick up some groceries to use for dinner. Mary's actions here are illustrative of:
A) encoding specificity
B) hypermnesia
C) spreading of activation
D) prospective memory

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Mary's actions of writing a reminder note to herself to pick up groceries for dinner is an example of prospective memory, which is the ability to remember to do something in the future.

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