What kind of forgetting does the following incident illustrate? Ruth studied the names of learning theorists for her psychology class, after which she began studying the names of political theorists for her political science class. Much to her frustration, she found the names of the learning theorists were keeping her from being able to learn the names of the political theorists.

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Levi Pittman

6 February, 10:28

What kind of forgetting does the following incident illustrate? Ruth studied the names of learning theorists for her psychology class, after which she began studying the names of political theorists for her political science class. Much to her frustration, she found the names of the learning theorists were keeping her from being able to learn the names of the political theorists.

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Emma Coleman · Answer 1

Answer: it is called Proactive interference

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The basic theory states that interference occurs when information that is similar in format gets in the way of the information that someone is trying to remember. There are two types of interference; retroactive and proactive. Proactive interference is the reverse direction of interference to retroactive interference.