Lee has been studying all night. First she studied psychology and then she studied sociology. Later, when she was taking a practice quiz over her sociology, she had a difficult time recalling anything but psychology terms. Lee's recall for sociology was impaired by
A) proactive interference.
B) retroactive interference.
C) decay.
D) motivated forgetting.
E) anterograde amnesia.

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Proactive interference occurs when older memory makes it more difficult to remember new information. In this case, Lee's earlier study of psychology interfered with her ability to recall sociology information.

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