Proactive interference, as used in the study of memory, refers to __________.

A. older information already in memory interfering with the retrieval of newer information
B. newer information interfering with the retrieval of older information
C. information that is not attended to failing to be encoded
D. information that is not accessed decaying from the storage system over time


Answer: A

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