College students who memorized 20 lists of words (one list each day)recalled only 15 percent of the last list.Students who learned only one list recalled 80 percent of it.This is best explained by which explanation of forgetting?
A) memory decay
B) interference
C) state-dependent learning
D) encoding failure

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The phenomenon observed in this scenario is interference, as the memorization of additional lists interferes with the ability to recall the most recently learned list.

College Students Who Memorized 20 Lists of Words (One List