The Degree of Interference That Occurs When Studying Two School

question 134

Multiple Choice

The degree of interference that occurs when studying two school subjects for equal amounts of time during an evening study session is based on

• A)whether retroactive interference occurred.
• B)whether proactive interference occurred.
• C)the intelligence of the learner.
• D)the similarity of the two school subjects.

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