Suppose That You Study First for a Test in U

question 39

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you study first for a test in U.S. history and then for a test in the politics of the Cold War. The next morning you take the history test first and you answer a question about U.S.‒Soviet relations during World War II with information that actually applies to U.S.‒Soviet relations during the Cold War. This is caused by

• A) proactive interference.
• B) retroactive interference.
• C) encoding failure.
• D) decay of memory traces for world history.

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