Justin plays drums for a local hard rock band. When a country and western band asks Justin to fill in for their drummer, Justin initially has some difficulty adjusting to this new band's tempo since he is so used to the timing of his own band's "beat." This initial difficulty in adjusting to the new "beat" is best explained by
A)retroactive interference.
B)proactive interference.
C)memory decay.
D)encoding failure.

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Proactive interference occurs when older information interferes with the learning or recall of new information. In this case, Justin's difficulty adjusting to the new band's tempo is due to his memory and practice of his own band's beat interfering with his ability to learn and adapt to the new beat.

Justin Plays Drums for a Local Hard Rock Band