Lena has started to watch a video at Tina's house. Lena says that she saw the movie last month. She tries to anticipate the next scene or what a character will say, but she is wrong and says, "Maybe I'm getting this movie confused with another movie I saw last year." Lena is most likely experiencing:
A. long-term potentiation
B. repression
C. proactive interference
D. retroactive interference
Answer: C
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