Justin plays drums for a local hard rock band
When a country and western band asks Justin to fill in for their drummer, Justin initially has some difficulty adjusting to this new band's tempo since he is so used to the timing of his own band's "beat." This initial difficulty in adjusting to the new "beat" is best explained by
a. retroactive interference.
b. proactive interference.
c. memory decay.
d. encoding failure.
ANSWER: b
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