Charity is having trouble remembering the layout of her new dorm room this year because the location of appliances is on the opposite side of the room. Almost by habit, she walks to the wrong side of the room to use them. This is an example of? A. Encoding failureB. Proactive interferenceC. Retrograde amnesiaD. Repression

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Eleanor Hood

16 August, 07:10

Charity is having trouble remembering the layout of her new dorm room this year because the location of appliances is on the opposite side of the room. Almost by habit, she walks to the wrong side of the room to use them. This is an example of? A. Encoding failureB. Proactive interferenceC. Retrograde amnesiaD. Repression

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Ellis Blair · Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Proactive Interference

Explanation:

In terms of psychology, interference is defined as an explanation of forgetting in long term memory. In Proactive interference old information encoded is actively preventing the recall of new information, in Charity's case this is exactly what is happening when she walks to the wrong side of the room because of the previous information interfering with the new reality of the room.