If you cram for a psychology exam and then later the same night cram for a history exam, your memory for psychology will be less accurate because of
A)disuse.
B)memory decay.
C)proactive interference.
D)retroactive interference.

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Retroactive interference occurs when newly learned information interferes with the recall of information learned previously. In this scenario, studying for history after psychology can make it harder to remember the psychology material.

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