As Rick was filling out the loan application, he couldn't remember his previous address even though he had lived there for five years. Rick's memory of his current address was interfering with his memory of his old address, which is an example of:

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As Rick was filling out the loan application, he couldn't remember his previous address even though he had lived there for five years. Rick's memory of his current address was interfering with his memory of his old address, which is an example of:

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Giovanna Bradshaw · Answer 1

Retro Active Interference

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This confusion of Rick's memory for his address for the previous one is attributed to Retro active interference.

The phenomena where recently learned memory of a person meddles with and blocks the review of previously learned data or memory is referred to as Retro active Interference.

This happens when the underlying demonstration of reviewing explicit data meddles with the recovery of the first data.