Question

Pete taught Introductory Psychology last term and is teaching it again this term. When he runs into one of his students from last term, he does not remember her name. He finds that he can only remember the names of his current students. Pete's inability to remember the names of last term's students is most likely due to ______________.

Answer 1

retroactive interference

Step-by-step explanation:

A retroactive interference can be described as a difficulty in recalling an older information as new information gets in it's way. An new information is being stored of the same type, the previous ones get lost.

The same problem of retroactive interference was observed in Pete when he was unable to recall the names of his previous students as he had the new information of remembering his new students names.