Question

Shalissa has two exams today. one is in french and the other is in history. last night she studied french before history. when she gets to her french test, all she can remember is history! shalissa's memory is suffering from ________.

Answer 1

This is proactive interference. Shalissa, since she studied history most recently, is finding that this newer information is interfering with the French concepts that were studied previously. Proactive interference explains how new information can sometimes get in the way of remembering older information.