What Kind of Forgetting Does the Following Incident Illustrate? Ruth

question 20

Multiple Choice

What kind of forgetting does the following incident illustrate? Ruth studied the names of learning theorists for her psychology class,after which she began studying the names of political theorists for her political science class.Much to her frustration,she found the names of the learning theorists were keeping her from being able to learn the names of the political theorists.

• A)decay
• B)proactive interference
• C)repression
• D)retroactive interference

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