Jenny has recently married and taken her husband’s last name. To her dismay, her friends from high school keep calling her by her maiden name despite her repeated requests to use her married name. Jenny’s friends appear to be experiencing ____
a. ?retroactive interference
b. ?proactive interference
c. ?repression
d. ?memory decay
ANSWER:
b
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