Interference and Amnesia Both Involve Forgetting Information

question 226

Multiple Choice

Interference and amnesia both involve forgetting information. The difference is that

• A)interference involves decay while amnesia does not
• B)interference is always proactive while amnesia is retroactive
• C)interference is due to retrieval failure and amnesia is typically due to trauma
• D)in amnesia the memory is repressed but in interference it is not
• E)amnesia is due to dementia while interference is not

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