Some Learning Theorists Maintain That Forgetting Takes Place Only Through

question 21

Multiple Choice

Some learning theorists maintain that forgetting takes place only through interference, but that decay strengthens the ability of one piece of information to interfere with another. If this is true, which of the following would you expect to find?

• A) Retroactive and proactive interference would be equally strong as agents of forgetting.
• B) Learning a new phone number would be more likely to cause you to forget your last phone number, but not the phone number you had before that one.
• C) Retroactive interference would be stronger for an old memory than would proactive interference.
• D) A new brand name is more likely to be forgotten if it is matched with names of brands learned a month ago than if it is matched with brand names learned yesterday.

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