Proactive interference refers to situations in which

a. early childhood memories are extremely difficult to remember.
b. the retrieval cues that exist facilitate memory.
c. previously acquired information makes it more difficult to acquire new information.
d. newly acquired information makes it more difficult to remember older information.


Answer: c. previously acquired information makes it more difficult to acquire new information.

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