Multiple Choice
Proactive interference pertaining to the study of memory refers to:
A) older information already in memory interfering with the retrieval of newer information.
B) newer information interfering with the retrieval of older information.
C) information that is not attended to and therefore fails to be encoded.
D) information that is not accessed decays from the memory storage system over time.
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