Last semester, Anna Maria took a sociology course, and this semester she is taking a psychology course. Unfortunately, she is having difficulty remembering some of the psychology terms because they were defined differently in her sociology course, and she gets them mixed up. Anna Maria's difficulty in learning psychology is most likely a result of ____________.

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Proactive interference occurs when older memories interfere with the recall of newer information. In Anna Maria's case, the terms and concepts she learned in her sociology course are interfering with her ability to remember the new, but differently defined, terms in her psychology course.

Last Semester, Anna Maria Took a Sociology Course, and This