If knowing the names of your current teachers makes it difficult to remember the names of your teachers from last year, you are experiencing
A) retroactive interference.
B) proactive interference.
C) misattribution.
D) suggestibility.
E) transience.

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Retroactive interference occurs when newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information. In this case, the names of current teachers are interfering with the ability to recall the names of teachers from last year.

If Knowing the Names of Your Current Teachers Makes It