_________________ Is the Tendency for Older or Previously Learned Material

question 248

Multiple Choice

_________________ is the tendency for older or previously learned material to interfere with the retrieval of newer,more recently learned material.

• A)Encoding failure
• B)Proactive interference
• C)Disuse interference
• D)Retroactive interference

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Definitions:

Emotional Nature

An individual's characteristic way of feeling and expressing emotions.

Racism

Discrimination or prejudice directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

Minimizing

The psychological strategy of downplaying or understating the significance of events or emotions, often as a coping mechanism.

Prejudice

An antipathy or negative feeling, either expressed or not expressed, based on a faulty and inflexible generalization that places a group of people at some disadvantage not merited by their actions.