Karen has been having a difficult time remembering the verbs in her new French class because she keeps mixing them up with the verbs she learned in her old Spanish class. This is an example of __________.

Question

Karen has been having a difficult time remembering the verbs in her new French class because she keeps mixing them up with the verbs she learned in her old Spanish class. This is an example of __________.
A.
retroactive interference
B.
retrograde amnesia
C.
proactive interference
D.
anterograde amnesia

GPT-4o mini · Answer

This is an example of **C. proactive interference**. Proactive interference occurs when previously learned information (in this case, the Spanish verbs) disrupts the retention of new information (the French verbs).