Beatrice took four years of Spanish in high school. In college she studied German for four years. Upon graduation from college, she visited Madrid and found that her mastery of Spanish was at a very low level of proficiency. Possibly, Beatrice's failure to remember Spanish was due to

a. anterograde amnesia. c. retrograde amnesia.
b. proactive interference. d. retroactive interference.


D

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