Which of the following is an example of proactive interference?
A) You read your watch,someone interrupts you and asks for directions,and now you can't remember what time it is.
B) The court requires that you testify against your brother,but you love your brother and suddenly can't remember the details of the incident.
C) You cannot remember the new phone number that the phone company assigned you last week.
D) You keep calling your new boyfriend your old boyfriend's name.

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Proactive interference occurs when old information interferes with the recall of new information. In this case, calling the new boyfriend by the old boyfriend's name is an example of old information (the old boyfriend's name) interfering with the ability to recall or use new information (the new boyfriend's name).

Which of the Following Is an Example of Proactive Interference