Perry was the lead singer for a jazz group called John's Prediction, for which he learned lots of jazz songs. After a couple of years, he decided to join a blues group called Petrol for Pinholes, and he learned a number of blues songs. On stage one night he tried to remember a jazz song from John's Prediction and had a lot of trouble. Perry showed evidence of

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Retroactive inhibition occurs when new information interferes with the ability to recall older information. Perry's difficulty in recalling a jazz song due to learning blues songs is an example of this.

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