As Rick was filling out the loan application, he couldn't remember his previous address even though he had lived there for five years. Rick's memory of his current address was interfering with his memory of his old address, which is an example of:
A) encoding failure.
B) the misinformation effect.
C) proactive interference.
D) retroactive interference.

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Retroactive interference occurs when new information interferes with the ability to recall old information. In this case, Rick's memory of his current address is interfering with his ability to remember his previous address.

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