Suppose you (a student) are asked by a teacher to learn a poem you will recite in front of your class. Soon after, both you and a classmate, J.P., are asked by another teacher to learn the lyrics to an unfamiliar song. When you and
J.P. are later asked to remember the song lyrics, you have a much more difficult time recalling them than J.P. does.
This impairment of your performance is most likely attributable to.
A)proactive interference.
B)your overloading the phonological loop.
C)a release from proactive interference.
D)a recency effect.

Question

Suppose you (a student) are asked by a teacher to learn a poem you will recite in front of your class. Soon after, both you and a classmate, J.P., are asked by another teacher to learn the lyrics to an unfamiliar song. When you and
J.P. are later asked to remember the song lyrics, you have a much more difficult time recalling them than J.P. does.
This impairment of your performance is most likely attributable to.
A)proactive interference.
B)your overloading the phonological loop.
C)a release from proactive interference.
D)a recency effect.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Proactive interference occurs when previously learned information interferes with the ability to remember new information. In this case, the prior learning of the poem may have interfered with the ability to remember the song lyrics, causing difficulties in recall. J.P. may not have had this interference because they did not have previous learning of the poem. Therefore, A) proactive interference is the best choice for explaining the difficulty in recall of the song lyrics.

Suppose You (A Student) Are Asked by a Teacher to Learn