After College Graduation, Chuck Decided to Use His Given Name

question 564

Multiple Choice

After college graduation, Chuck decided to use his given name of Charles at his new job.Now that he has been introducing himself to new clients as Charles for the last year, he finds it difficult even in informal situations to refer to himself as Chuck.His tendency to more easily introduce himself as Charles rather than Chuck is best explained by which explanation of forgetting?

• A) proactive interference
• B) retroactive interference
• C) memory decay
• D) suppression

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