Which of the following is an example of retroactive facilitation?
a) A student starts playing racquetball and finds that her tennis skills decline.
b) A student finds that his old typing skills give him a real advantage in learning to use a word processor.
c) A student able to remember the name of each teacher she had from kindergarten through high school.
d) After taking a music theory course, a student finds that his piano playing improves.
d Retroactive facilitation refers to increased comprehension of previously learned information (piano playing) because of the acquisition of new information (music theory).
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