Justin was recently traded to a new football team, and he is having a hard time remembering all the new plays because he keeps using the plays from his former team.Based on what is known about memory failures, you should conclude that Justin's problem results from:
A)proactive interference
B)retroactive interference
C)transfer-appropriate processing
D)chunking

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Proactive interference occurs when old information interferes with learning new information. In this case, Justin's old plays from his former team are interfering with his ability to learn the new plays from his new team. Retroactive interference, on the other hand, occurs when new information interferes with the recall of old information. Transfer-appropriate processing and chunking are not relevant to the scenario described.

Justin Was Recently Traded to a New Football Team, and He