​Which of the Following Is an Example of Proactive Interference

question 8

Multiple Choice

​Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?

• A)After staying in eight motel rooms in the last month, you cannot remember your room number in your current motel.
• B)​After memorizing eight poems in the last month, you cannot remember the first one you learned.
• C)​After a severe head concussion, you have difficulty studying and remembering new information.
• D)​When you try to tell a story, you leave out odd details and fill in the gaps with reasonable expectations of what should have happened.

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Definitions:

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Dean Acheson

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Democratic Institutions

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