What kind of forgetting does the following incident illustrate? Ruth studied the names of learning theorists for her psychology class,after which she began studying the names of political theorists for her political science class.Much to her frustration,she found the names of the learning theorists were keeping her from being able to learn the names of the political theorists.
A)decay
B)proactive interference
C)repression
D)retroactive interference

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Proactive interference occurs when old information interferes with the ability to learn new information, as seen when Ruth's prior study of learning theorists' names interferes with her ability to learn political theorists' names.

What Kind of Forgetting Does the Following Incident Illustrate? Ruth