Question

Lamar has just gotten a new job and is attending a company party where he will meet his colleagues for the first time. His boss escorts him around to small groups to introduce him. At the first group, Lamar meets four people and is told only their first names. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. At the fourth group, Lamar is told their names and that one of the women in the group is the company accountant. A little while later, Lamar realizes that he only remembers the names of the people in the first group, though he also remembers the profession of the last woman he met (the accountant). Lamar's experience demonstrates . Group of answer choices the phonological similarity effect a build-up and release of proactive interference the cocktail party phenomenon a partial-report procedure

Answer 1

The correct answer is : A build-up and release of proactive interference

Step-by-step explanation:

If the items or pairs to be learned are conceptually related to one another, then proactive interference has to do with older memories interfering with your ability to remember new ones. This can happen when there is a change in the category of items being learned. This situation leads to increased processing in STM.