You used to dial the phone number to the Tribune's Sport Score Hot Line every day,but for the last six months,you have called the Sun-Times's Sports Line.Now you can't remember the Tribune's number.This is probably due to ____ inhibition.

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Retroactive inhibition occurs when new information interferes with the ability to retrieve old information. In this case, calling the Sun-Times's Sports Line for the past six months may have made it difficult for the person to remember the Tribune's Sport Score Hot Line number.

You Used to Dial the Phone Number to the Tribune's