Question

Josh is having some trouble recalling what he previously learned about the Battle of Gettysburg because he just read a new book offering new information on that Civil War battle.

This sort of phenomenon is referred to as?

Answer 1

"Retroactive interference occurs when you forget a previously learnt task due to the learning of a new task. In other words, later learning interferes with earlier learning - where new memories disrupt old memories."

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