Question

Mr. Musselman is the head coach of the high school football team. He notices that, after learning the names of the players on the team this year, he has trouble remembering the names of the players from the previous year. In fact, he sometimes says the name of a current player when he is referring to a player from the previous year. This is an example of:__________.

a. retroactive interference.
b. proactive interference.
c. decay.
d. cue-dependent forgetting.

Answer 1

Answer: The answer for this scenario is A.) retroactive interference

Explanation: In the scenario listed above, it states that Mr. Musselman can't remember the names of the previous years' players because he confuses them with the current players on the team. According to Simplypsychology, an organization dedicated to helping undergraduate psychology students gain a basic understanding of the field through a collection of academic articles, videos, and demonstrations states, "it occurs when you forget a previously learned task due to the learning of a new task."