Sarah taught herself to play a song on the piano but later discovered that she had the timing somewhat wrong. She is having difficulty remembering the correct timing because she keeps playing it the way she taught herself to play it. Based on what is known about memory failures, you should conclude that Sarah's problem results from:

a. retroactive interference
b. transfer-appropriate processing
c. proactive interference
d. chunking


C

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