At a loud party, Kimberly met so many new people that when she ran into one of her new acquaintances on campus the next day she was unable to remember his name. The MOST likely explanation for her forgetting the name of her new acquaintance is:
A) source confusion.
B) interference.
C) mood congruence.
D) source amnesia.

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Interference occurs when new information interferes with the storage or retrieval of previously learned information. In this case, the large number of new people Kimberly met at the party may have interfered with her ability to remember the name of the person she met.

At a Loud Party, Kimberly Met So Many New People