Grayson is making cookies and, knowing that he has a history of burning every batch of cookies that he's ever made, he decides to set the timer to remind himself when they are ready. This strategy provides a distinctive _____ that will trigger Grayson's prospective memory to take the cookies out of the oven.
Grayson setting the timer to remind himself when the cookies are ready to be put off from the oven is using a strategy called retrieval cue.
A retrieval cue is a stimulus that triggers recall and recognition of memory. The phenomenon of retrieval cue relies on additional information that is given to person to recall a particular event or information.
Without additional output of information or reminder, retrieval cue cannot be triggered.
