Sandy Is Taking Both Introductory and Cognitive Psychology Courses This

question 552

Multiple Choice

Sandy is taking both introductory and cognitive psychology courses this term and the first midterm for each course is on the same day. Sandy studies for her introductory psychology course for several hours and then cognitive psychology course for several hours. When she takes her exam for introductory psychology course first thing the next morning, the information she studied for cognitive psychology course interferes with her ability to recall the introductory psychology course material. This is a clear example of

• A)decay theory
• B)motivated forgetting
• C)proactive interference
• D)retroactive interference

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