While lying on a beach getting some sun,you read your way through a long novel.When you are done,you flip back to the beginning and,just for fun,reread the first few chapters.You are amazed by the feeling that you've never read this before,even though you know you have.In this case,all of the information that you've encoded (new)since reading the first few chapters (old)has interfered with your memory.This is an example of __________ interference.
A) proactive
B) literary
C) contextual
D) retroactive

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Retroactive interference occurs when new information interferes with the recall of old information. In this case, the information you encoded while reading the rest of the novel interfered with your recall of the information from the first few chapters.

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