Monika has been studying all night. First she studied psychology, then she studied
sociology. Later, when she was taking a practice quiz in sociology, she had a difficult time
recalling anything but psychology materials.
Her difficulty in recalling sociology material
reflects
a. proactive interference.
b. retroactive interference.
c. decay.
d. implicit forgetting.
e. anterograde interference.
a. proactive interference.
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