Beatrice took four years of Spanish in high school. In college, she studied German for four years. Upon graduation from college, she visited Madrid and found that her mastery of Spanish was at a very low level of proficiency. Possibly, Beatrice's failure to remember Spanish was due to

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Retroactive interference occurs when newly learned information interferes with the recall of previously learned information. In this case, Beatrice's recent study of German may have interfered with her ability to remember her older knowledge of Spanish, resulting in low proficiency.

Beatrice Took Four Years of Spanish in High School