_____ results when a person is no longer able to form new, long-term memories; _____ occurs when an individual experiences a loss of memory for occurrences prior to a loss of consciousness.
A)Proactive interference; retroactive interference
B)Anterograde amnesia; retrograde amnesia
C)Retroactive interference; proactive interference
D)Proactive amnesia; retroactive amnesia

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Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new long-term memories, while retrograde amnesia is the loss of memory for events that occurred prior to a loss of consciousness. Proactive and retroactive interference refer to the process of forgetting information due to interference from other information. Proactive interference occurs when previously learned information interferes with the ability to learn new information, and retroactive interference occurs when newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall old information.

_____ Results When a Person Is No Longer Able to Form