Mr. Moss is the head coach of the high school football team. He notices that, after learning the names of the players on the team this year, he has trouble remembering the names of the players from the previous year. In fact, he sometimes says the name of a current player when he is referring to a player from the previous year. This is an example of
a. retroactive interference.
b. proactive interference.
c. decay.
d. cue-dependent forgetting
Answer: a. retroactive interference.
Psychology
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