Intervening material is most likely to cause an increase in forgetting when the intervening material is very similar to the information that is to be remembered as a result of
A) ineffective encoding.
B) motivated forgetting.
C) retrieval failure.
D) interference.

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Interference occurs when other information interferes with the ability to remember a particular piece of information. Intervening material that is similar to the information to be remembered can cause interference and increase forgetting.

Intervening Material Is Most Likely to Cause an Increase in Forgetting