Which of the following is an example of retroactive 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) After the phone company assigned you a new telephone number,you couldn't remember your old number.
D) You keep calling your new boyfriend your old boyfriend's name.

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Retroactive interference occurs when new information interferes with the ability to remember old information. In choice C, learning a new telephone number makes it difficult to remember the old one, which is a classic example of retroactive interference.

Which of the Following Is an Example of Retroactive Interference