Imagine that the first car you learned to drive was a manual transmission with a clutch, but the car you drive now is an automatic. Sometimes you find yourself reaching for the clutch that is no longer there. This example illustrates
A) retroactive interference.
B) proactive interference.
C) retrograde amnesia.
D) anterograde amnesia.
E) eidetic amnesia.

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This example illustrates proactive interference, where old memories interfere with the recall of new information. In this case, the habit of reaching for a clutch (old memory) interferes with the ability to adapt to driving an automatic car (new situation).

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