Jenny has recently married and taken her husband's last name. To her dismay, her friends from high school keep calling her by her maiden name despite her repeated requests to use her married name. Jenny's friends appear to be experiencing ____.
A) retroactive interference
B) proactive interference
C) repression
D) memory decay

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Proactive interference occurs when previously learned information interferes with the ability to remember newly learned information. In this case, Jenny's friends' habit of using her maiden name is interfering with their ability to remember her new married name.

Jenny Has Recently Married and Taken Her Husband's Last Name