You Learn How to Operate Machine A

question 213

Multiple Choice

You learn how to operate machine A. Later you learn to operate machine B. You may forget how to operate B faster than does your friend, who learned only B. Why?

• A) serial-order effect
• B) von Restorff effect
• C) retroactive interference
• D) proactive interference

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